California's Transportation System

Jun 7, 2018 - This includes 181, 000 l ane miles of city streets and 155, 000 l ane miles of county roads. The state has not added much highway capacity over the last decade, with the number of highway lane miles growing by only 1  p ercent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3860

Overview of the 2017 Transportation Funding Package

Jun 8, 2017 - California ’s 58 counties and 482 cities own and maintain these streets and roads. They also operate and maintain other aspects of their local street and road systems, such as traffic signals and storm drains.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3688

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - We therefore find the Governor ’s proposal for a $1  million supplemental appropriation for CHP to undertake these efforts to be justified. Moreover, this approach is not without precedent. For example, previous budgets provided funding to CHP for similar purposes in 2017-18, 2022-23, and 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

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

Jan 24, 2020 - How Maintenance of Local Streets and Roads Is Funded The 482 cities and 58 counties in California own and maintain over 325,000 lane-miles of local streets and roads, which represents 82  percent of the total lane-miles in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

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

Jan 13, 2022 - The remaining $200  million would be allocated to the state ’s 61 local health jurisdictions (LHJs) (58 counties and 3 cities), with funding allocated based in part on each LHJ ’s population share, level of poverty, and racial/ethnic make ‑up.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2018-19 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 8, 2018 - The administration ’s recent 2018 Five ‑Year Infrastructure Plan —which proposes state spending on infrastructure projects in all areas of state government through 2022 ‑ 23 —includes ongoing projections of the CHP ’s area office replacement needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3745

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - The activities of this task force were initially funded for a three-year term beginning in 2022-23. Capital Outlay Infrastructure Replacement Projects. As summarized in the Statewide Infrastructure section of our post, The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions , the budget package includes a total of $10.1  million for various phases of eight CHP capital outlay projects —replacing seven offices and one radio communications tower.
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 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - The budget includes a one-year reduction in the diesel sales tax from 13  percent to roughly 9  percent beginning October 1, 2022. This reduction is intended to provide fiscal relief from high fuel costs to drivers and businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - Figure 3 Budget Plan Relies on Lease Revenue Bonds for Field Office Replacements (In Millions) 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23 2023 ‑24
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804