California's Transportation System

Jun 7, 2018 - Most MPOs and RTPAs consist of a single county or a group of counties. Local. California ’s 58 c ounties and 482 c ities own, maintain, and provide funding for the local streets and roads in their jurisdictions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3860

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - This is due in part to historical discriminatory practices that restricted which racial groups could live and purchase homes in the communities that contained larger and more developed water systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - Local governments and nongovernment entities (such as neighborhood groups and community ‑based organizations) can obtain this designation by applying and completing a variety of steps. These include activities such as (1)  having a local leader sign a pledge, (2)  establishing an informal advisory board, (3)  conducting an initial litter assessment, (4)  organizing community cleanups, and (5)  creating a long ‑term plan for keeping communities clean.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Transportation

Apr 5, 2022 - Chapter   118 of 2016 (A B   2800 , Quirk) Established the Climate ‑Safe Infrastructure Working Group. The Legislature directed the California Natural Resources Agency to convene a working group consisting of engineers, scientists, and architects to examine how to incorporate climate change impact data into state infrastructure planning, design, construction, operations, and maintenance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4576

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Implications for State Transportation Funding and Programs

Dec 13, 2023 - However, some research suggests that lower ‑income households would benefit from paying a road charge as compared to the existing fuel tax structure given that this group tends to own less fuel ‑efficient vehicles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - The budget package requires CalSTA to convene a stakeholder group to develop policy recommendations to grow transit ridership and improve the transit experience for riders. In addition, the language directs the taskforce to provide an analysis of various other topics such as reforming the Transportation Development Act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Fund Shift for CHP and DMV Capital Projects

Feb 27, 2023 - Adding additional commitments to the fund —such as the $25  million in annual debt service for current proposed projects and additional debt service for forthcoming projects —would accelerate the fund ’s anticipated insolvency and necessitate legislative action to address the fund condition somewhat sooner than would  otherwise  be  the  case.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4710

The 2024-25 Budget: Establishing the Office of the Inspector General for the High-Speed Rail Authority

Feb 8, 2024 - The IG ’s proposed work plan envisions that OIG will conduct six programmatic reviews annually, as well as investigate complaints (such as from whistleblowers) and conduct ad hoc reviews. We summarize OIG ’s work plan for 2024 ‑25 in Figure  1.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Reauthorization of AB 8 Vehicle Fees

Feb 24, 2023 - The Legislature could require the program to further prioritize these communities, such as by adding a focus on multiunit dwellings, given that existing chargers are more heavily located in affluent areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4708

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

Jan 24, 2020 - Inflationary adjustments for all fuel excise taxes —both those previously existing and those added under SB   1 —will begin July 1, 2020. The legislation created two new vehicle fees: (1)  a transportation improvement fee and (2)  a road improvement fee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142