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 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - As shown in Figure  2, the department ’s uniformed officer vacancy rate including temporary positions, is still well above the pre-pandemic levels. 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Specifically, the Governor ’s budget assumes (1)  a $620  million ($230  million General Fund) reduction through the permanent elimination of 6,500 vacant positions and associated funding and (2)  a $1.5  billion ($820  million General Fund) in 2024 ‑25 and $2  billion ($1.2  billion General Fund) in 2025 ‑26 and ongoing reduction to state operations expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - These include activities such as (1)  having a local leader sign a pledge, (2)  establishing an informal advisory board, (3)  conducting an initial litter assessment, (4)  organizing community cleanups, and (5)  creating a long ‑term plan for keeping communities clean.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - This is an increase of $2  million from the estimated 2023 ‑24 level. The funds will support 14 new permanent staff positions. These new positions, along with the recently appointed Inspector General, will launch the office, which was created by Chapter  71 of 2022 (SB  198, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925

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

Feb 8, 2024 - These statutory changes would help ensure that the Legislature has sufficient information to (1)  assess the appropriate level of funding for OIG to complete its work and (2)  safeguard the independence of the office.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

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

Jan 13, 2023 - (Recent budgets have enacted SFEU balances around $2  billion to $4  billion. The SFEU is used to cover costs of unanticipated expenditures.) Relative to our November estimates, this set ‑aside increases the size of the budget problem. $2   Billion in Discretionary Spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - First, as shown earlier in Figure  2 and consistent with prior multiyear funding agreements, the budget includes $2  billion General Fund in both 2023-24 and 2024-25 for the population-based TIRCP. The budget also expands the allowable uses for this funding, permitting it to be used for capital improvements and/or transit operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804

The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions

Feb 23, 2024 - Specifically, it could reconsider providing the $2  billion in General Fund originally planned for 2024 ‑25. This could entail reducing rather than delaying the $1  billion the Governor proposes providing in 2025 ‑26 instead of 2024 ‑25, and additionally reducing the $1  billion the Governor proposes to retain in the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4854