The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - The budget includes $14  million (just over $13  million from GGRF and $279,000 from Proposition  1A bond funds) on an ongoing basis and authority to hire 67 state staff to replace work currently undertaken by consultants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925

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

Feb 27, 2023 - (Separate from the amounts shown in the figure for lease revenue bonds, the Governor proposes $13  million from the General Fund for the performance criteria for these six projects in 2023 ‑24.) In total, including all of the projects discussed above, the Governor ’s overall plan is to use $649  million in lease revenue bonds through 2025 ‑26 for the construction of 13 CHP and DMV projects that the administration had previously planned for General  Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4710

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

Dec 13, 2023 - While we estimate total revenues would decline even under the Reference Scenario (by $1.9 billion, or 13 percent), the state’s recently adopted and planned policies will expedite these underlying trends significantly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 5, 2020 - Caltrans The budget plan includes total expenditures of $15.5  billion from various sources for Caltrans, an increase of roughly $1.8  billion (13  percent) from the 2019 ‑20 estimated spending level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4272

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - The budget includes a one-year reduction in the diesel sales tax from 13  percent to roughly 9  percent beginning October 1, 2022. This reduction is intended to provide fiscal relief from high fuel costs to drivers and businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Reauthorization of AB 8 Vehicle Fees

Feb 24, 2023 - For example, cap ‑and ‑trade auction revenues that flow into the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) have increased from $257  million in 2012 ‑13 to more than $3  billion annually in recent years. Much of this funding has been allocated to mobile source emissions reduction programs, including “A B  617 ” community air pollution reduction efforts as well as various clean transportation programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4708

The 2016-17 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 23, 2016 - For example, as shown in Figure  13, while the Governor ’s proposal would allocate much more funding than needed for pavement projects, it would not provide sufficient funding for both culvert and bridge projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3366

DMV Shift to Online Services Due to COVID-19

Oct 16, 2020 - For example, in 2019 ‑20, vehicle registration renewals were most commonly completed online (37  percent) or by mail (20  percent), with only 13  percent done in field offices. In contrast, about 66  percent of driver ’s license renewals and 84  percent of ID card renewals occurred in field offices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4283

Impact of COVID-19 on State Transportation Revenues

Sep 17, 2020 - Data from DMV indicates that total paid vehicle registrations in April 2020 were 17  percent lower than April of the previous year, reflecting a 13  percent reduction in renewals and a 61  percent reduction in new registrations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4268

California's Transportation System

Jun 7, 2018 - Since then, however, fatalities have increased by 13  p ercent. These trends mirror those occurring nationally. Experts cite various factors for the decrease in fatalities during the 2000s, such as enhanced vehicle safety.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3860