The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - Specifically, while the vacancy rate was 2.8  percent in 2019, it then rose to over 9  percent in 2021, and remained at 6.6  percent as of 2024, per the most recent data available. (The total number of authorized officer positions for the department has remained roughly the same since 2012.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - Since 2021 ‑22, annual expenditures from MVA have exceeded the account ’s yearly revenues, resulting in a structural imbalance. Some of the major expenditure cost drivers have included (1)  increased employee compensation costs which have been driven by both increases to staffing levels and growing salary and benefit costs at CHP, (2)  workload related to the issuance of new
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - The budget includes $3  million from SHA in both 2022-23 and 2023-24 for Caltrans to implement Chapter  308 of 2021 (SB  339, Wiener), which requires the state to conduct a road charge pilot program that tests revenue collection.
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

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - The program was first established in 2021 ‑22 using limited-term federal funding. Increases Funding for Intercity Passenger Rail Program. The budget includes $66  million in 2024 ‑25, $72  million in 2025 ‑26, and $73  million in 2026 ‑27 from the Public Transportation Account through Caltrans to support Intercity Passenger Rail Program operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925

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

May 17, 2021 - Other Major Adjustments Reduce Costs by $3  Billion. In addition to revenues and constitutional requirements, other budgetary costs are, on net, lower by $3  billion compared to January. This relatively small number obscures many billions of dollars in budgetary changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

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

Jan 13, 2022 - Compared with the estimates in the June 2021 budget plan, the administration revises its estimates of the guarantee up $2.5  billion (2.7  percent) in 2020 ‑21 and $5.3  billion (5.7  percent) in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 1, 2021 - The total amount consists of the following: (1) $418  million over three years to augment Caltrans litter abatement efforts; (2) $287  million over two years for state beautification projects on the state highway system; (3) $296  million over two years for a grant program that supports local beautification and cleanup projects on streets and roads, tribal lands, parks, transit
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4458

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget language also directs any loan or other financing options developed to (1)  ensure full repayment with an agreed-upon interest rate, (2)  follow a clearly defined repayment schedule, and (3)  include a guaranteed mechanism to secure repayment from a reliable and predictable revenue source.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

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

Jan 13, 2023 - We define a delay as an expenditure reduction that occurs in the budget window (2021 ‑22 through 2023 ‑24), but has an associated expenditure increase in a future year of the multiyear window (2024 ‑25 through 2026 ‑27).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662