The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - Recommendations Weigh Trade‑Offs and Address 2025‑26 MVA Shortfall in a Way That Best Aligns With Legislature’s Priorities. Any steps taken to address the MVA fund condition will come with trade‑offs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions

Feb 23, 2024 - Similar trade ‑offs would apply for any potential redirection from RMRA, which also funds state highway maintenance and rehabilitation projects, along with providing funds to cities and counties for local streets and roads and supporting several smaller programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4854

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

Feb 27, 2023 - Recommendations Weigh Trade ‑Offs Regarding Whether to Finance Projects and Fund Sources. We recommend the Legislature weigh the trade ‑offs associated with using up ‑front cash versus lease revenue bonds for CHP and DMV projects, such as the resulting implications for the timing and level of costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4710

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

Dec 13, 2023 - A key consideration is that such a shift likely would mean reducing or limiting support for other state programs and priorities —particularly in years when the state does not have a budget surplus —which could raise difficult trade ‑offs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

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

Jan 13, 2025 - This means that, going forward, decisions to balance the budget will involve more difficult trade ‑offs. We recommend the Legislature use the next few months to review program performance to develop its own approach to addressing the deficits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Review of the Draft 2020 High-Speed Rail Business Plan

Mar 13, 2020 - Other segment lengths could provide different trade ‑offs between project costs and transportation benefits (such as increased ridership). Running other zero ‑emission trains (such as those powered by hydrogen) instead of electrified trains during interim service.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4202

The 2017-18 Budget: Department of Transportation

Feb 14, 2017 - Thus, the proposed expenditures have not been evaluated under the same process as other SHOPP projects to allow for Caltrans and CTC to weigh the trade-offs of funding electric vehicle charging stations against other priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3560

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

Feb 8, 2024 - We recommend the Legislature explore the various available options for ensuring OIG is able to hire and compensate sufficiently qualified staff, including requesting information from the administration regarding the trade-offs and technicalities of po tential alternatives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

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

Feb 13, 2023 - Using SHA to Backfill Reductions in Other Programs Means Less for Highways … While utilizing SHA funds to backfill General Fund reductions would come with some benefits, this approach is not without trade ‑offs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4676

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Alternatively, the Legislature could add new out ‑year trigger reductions —in which spending triggers off under certain conditions —or by using other budget solutions, such as revenue increases or cost shifts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662