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 2020-21 Budget: Transportation

Feb 10, 2020 - Recommendation Approve Funding for TSN Replacement With Added Budget Bill Language. The replacement of the current TSN is necessary for the department to comply with federal law and to remain eligible for federal highway funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4149

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Significant Changes to Solutions From June 2024 Budget Package Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax Package. Some of the largest budget solutions in the June budget package involved the MCO tax, a tax on health plans that supports the Medi ‑Cal program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2018-19 Budget: Governor’s May Revision Proposal for Caltrans’ Capital Outlay Support Program

May 13, 2018 - This information is then entered into the department ’s project management system —Project Resourcing and Schedule Management (PRSM). Based on the information entered in PRSM, headquarters staff estimate the total level of COS staff resources that Caltrans will need to work on each project in the coming fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3833

DMV Shift to Online Services Due to COVID-19

Oct 16, 2020 - For example, is the department better able to manage increases in REAL ID workload in coming months? Has the department considered modifying its fee structure or other actions to incentivize more customers to use less expensive service channels?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4283

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

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

Jan 14, 2019 - Note: Excludes spending on  K ‑14  education, reserves, and debt (required by the California Constitution), and added costs to maintain existing policies. Figure also excludes some smaller spending proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

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

Jan 13, 2023 - Both our office and the administration project that the state faces a manageable budget problem this year. The Governor addresses the budget problem primarily with spending ‑related solutions, as shown in the figure below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2018-19 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 8, 2018 - In approving Caltrans ’ request, the Legislature also added budget bill language requiring the department to report on its progress in studying a pay ‑at ‑the ‑pump pilot program by July 1, 2018. In early January 2018, Caltrans issued a request for information to gauge market conditions for implementing a pay ‑at ‑the ‑pump pilot program, with responses due on February 15, 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3745