The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - All Other Spending Lower by $600 Million. Across the rest of the budget, the administration’s estimates of baseline spending (for example, for caseload growth, federal reimbursements, and statutory cost increases) are lower than ours by $600 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Budget Solutions in Transportation Programs

Feb 13, 2023 - Currently, CalSTA is in the process of awarding all the planned funding for the Port and Freight Infrastructure Program, including the $600  million intended to be appropriated in 2023 ‑24. The agency has already received applications from local agencies and plans to award this funding later this spring.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4676

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Specifically, the budget proposes $500  million for infill housing development, $300  million for the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program, $100  million to build housing on excess state sites, and $100  million to repurpose existing commercial buildings for housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

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

Feb 27, 2023 - We estimate that the total debt service (including interest) on the $332  million in projects proposed for lease revenue bond financing in 2023 ‑24 would be about $25  million per year for 25 years, resulting in a total cumulative cost of over $600  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4710

Review of High-Speed Rail Draft 2016 Business Plan

Mar 17, 2016 - The Governor ’s budget assumes that $100  million of this will be provided in 2016 –17 and $300  million in 2017 –18 . HSRA Statutorily Required to Prepare Business Plan State law requires HSRA to prepare a business plan every even year that provides certain key information about the planned high –speed rail system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3394

The 2022-23 Budget: Clean California Local Grant Program

Feb 10, 2022 - We recommend the Legislature reject the Governor ’s proposal to provide an additional $100  million for CCLGP in 2023 ‑24. As mentioned above, the program already will receive $148  million in the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4526

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - The 2022 ‑23 budget agreement committed an additional $100  million from the General Fund that was provided in 2023 ‑24 to augment funding for the Clean California Local Grant Program. The statewide program was administered by Caltrans and the combined $1.2  billion was used for the following activities: State Litter Abatement ($418   Million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

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

Jan 14, 2019 - Governor Proposes $600   Million for Various Proposals to Address Homelessness. The Governor ’s budget also includes a variety of proposals to address homelessness. Dedicating significant one ‑time resources to homelessness is consistent with the 2018 ‑ 19 b udget package, which included $ 500  m illion in local government grants for homelessness services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2020-21 Budget: Effect of Lower Cap-and-Trade Revenues on the High-Speed Rail Project

Jun 4, 2020 - As we discuss, in our May 2020 Cap-and-Trade Auction Update post, this represents a significant decline in revenues from recent quarterly auctions, which each have generated over $600 million. The lower revenues in the May auction are likely related to various factors, including the economic effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4252

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Transportation

Dec 21, 2018 - The assessment completed for the Clean Cars Standard estimates savings in the same range —an average of $1, 600 p er 2025 vehicle model. VMT. Researchers point to the potential that some of these programs could contribute to additional VMT and congestion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/report/3912