The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - As displayed in Figure  1, the types of costs for which CHP is requesting additional funding represent equipment and activities that support the basic, core functions of the department. These include costs related to vehicles, weapons, technology, and utilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - Notably, even though $4  billion from the multiyear package displayed in the figure remains subject to budget appropriations in 2025 ‑26 and the subsequent two fiscal years, for over half of these funds the  administering departments have already made grant awards and committed to specific projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

DMV Shift to Online Services Due to COVID-19

Oct 16, 2020 - A change in app roach to the size and number of field offices could have immediate impact on capital outlay planning and construction in the next several years. It costs roughly $20  million dollars to plan, design, and construct one new DMV field office.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4283

The 2017-18 Budget: Department of Transportation

Feb 14, 2017 - We recommend that the Legislature determine whether the administration ’s goal of building electric vehicle charging stations at highway rest stops is consistent with its policy and funding priorities prior to taking action on the Governor ’s proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3560

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

Dec 13, 2023 - Figure 9 shows our estimates (in inflation ‑adjusted dollars) for how the revenue projections displayed in Figure 8 will affect funding for the state ’s transportation programs over the next eleven years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - First, the administration will stop counting vehicle registration fees as proceeds of taxes. Second, the administration is making an administrative correction of its treatment of school-related deferrals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Figure  1 displays revised 2018 ‑19 and 2019 ‑ 20 b udget estimates as well as proposed estimates for 2020 ‑21. At the bottom of the figure, we display the total reserves planned for the end of 2020 ‑21 under the administration ’s estimates and assumptions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Costs for cities and counties might include adding drainage to roads to manage more intense rain events, or modifying water treatment plants located along the coast to accommodate higher sea levels. …And Private Residents and Businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575