The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The 2018 ‑ 19 b udget approved the first step of this plan by providing an across ‑the ‑board 10  p ercent grant increase effective April 1, 2019. The Governor ’s budget proposes to further increase CalWORKs grants by 13. 1  p ercent, which would raise grant levels to 50  p ercent of FPL for a family of three.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - As shown in Figure  1, the proposal includes funding for ten categories of activities, with the three largest relating to vehicles (insurance, new vehicle purchases, and fuel). Figure 1 Governor ’s Proposed CHP Equipment and Operating Costs Augmentations (In Millions) Note: Numbers may not add up due to rounding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

Overview of the 2017 Transportation Funding Package

Jun 8, 2017 - The current swap rate is 9.8  cents per gallon but will increase to 11.7  cents on July 1, 2017. Starting July 1, 2019, the funding package eliminates the swap tax and replaces it with a fixed excise tax of 17.3  cents per gallon —the rate in effect when the swap was created in 2010.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3688

SB 1 Has Doubled Major Source of State Funding for Local Streets and Roads

Jan 24, 2020 - Effective November 1, 2017, the base diesel excise tax rate was modified from being administratively determined to being set at its current rate of 16 cents per gallon. In addition, SB 1 required the repayment of $760 million from the General Fund to the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund by 2019‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget also includes (1) $10  million from MVA on a one-time basis to design and develop a State-to-State Verification System pursuant to federal requirements, with a provision that the system shall not be activated to transmit or share data unless specifically authorized by statute prior to July 1, 2026; (2) $4.9  million in 2025-26 (and $3.5  million in
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 6, 2026 - In this post, we assess the Governor's California Highway Patrol budget proposals for (1) equipment and operating costs and (2) capital outlay projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5152

The 2018-19 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 8, 2018 - Under this approach, Caltrans could submit a budget request in 2019 ‑ 20 t o implement the roadmap, after the Legislature has an opportunity to review it. (Though Caltrans would not be able to replace additional devices in 2018 ‑19, we note that the 2017 ‑ 18 b udget already provided funding for Caltrans to replace devices at the greatest risk of failure.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3745

The 2020-21 Budget: Transportation

Feb 10, 2020 - The number of service requests for litter abatement have increased from about 3, 800 i n 2014 ‑ 15 t o 5, 300 i n 2018 ‑ 2019 —a 40  p ercent increase. The department projects that the number of service requests and amount of trash collected will continue to increase over the next several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4149

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Transportation

Oct 17, 2019 - The level of PID funding for 2019 ‑20 is an increase of $4.7  million from the 2018 ‑19 level and reflects the department ’s changing PID workload resulting from the continued implementation of SB  1.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4098

The 2019-20 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 26, 2019 - As of January 2019, there were 27. 1  m illion licensed drivers and 35. 6  m illion registered vehicles in the state. The Governor ’s budget includes $1. 2  b illion for DMV in 2019 ‑20, which is roughly the same as the estimated level of spending in the current year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3948