Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Significant Funding in 2021‑22 Budget Package . As summarized in Figure 7, the 2021‑22 budget package included $9.3 billion over three years—primarily from the General Fund—for a variety of activities to respond to climate impacts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - The 2021 ‑22 budget package provided roughly $1.1  billion from the General Fund over a three ‑year period for Clean California, a statewide program centered around supporting litter abatement and beautification projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

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 2022-23 Budget: Highway Violence Task Force

Feb 14, 2022 - In 2021,  CHP began collecting statewide data on other forms of violent crime on the state highway system, such as non ‑shooting homicides and thrown objects. CHP  reported 355 of these types of crimes in 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4533

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

Feb 27, 2023 - The Governor proposes to substitute $21  million of General Fund that was appropriated mostly in 2021 ‑22 with lease revenue bond authority for an equal amount to support the construction phase of the Inglewood DMV Field Office replacement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4710

DMV Shift to Online Services Due to COVID-19

Oct 16, 2020 - Shifting more field office transactions to less expensive service channels could lead to significant efficiency improvements. In the short term, this could mean greater staff capacity to process transactions in field offices, which would be beneficial as more customers need to visit a field office to secure their REAL ID by October 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4283

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

Dec 13, 2023 - The higher percentage of ZEVs within the light‑duty vehicle sector therefore leads to larger declines in gasoline consumption. Second, consistent with the Scoping Plan assumptions, this scenario assumes that the state is able to reduce per capita VMT for light‑duty vehicles, which will lead to further declines in gasoline consumption.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

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

Jan 13, 2022 - The clear role of these other factors raises questions as to whether training efforts can effectively lead more workers to pursue these jobs. Climate Change Key Climate Change ‑Related Proposals. The Governor ’s budget includes numerous proposals related to climate change, some of which are presented as packages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - DMV  closed or limited field office activities several times throughout 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. For example, DMV canceled all drive tests statewide on December  14,  2020 due to the surge in COVID ‑19 cases and did not resume tests until February 1, 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

SB 1 Has Doubled Major Source of State Funding for Local Streets and Roads

Jan 24, 2020 - Inflationary adjustments for all fuel excise taxes —both those previously existing and those added under SB   1 —will begin July 1, 2020. The legislation created two new vehicle fees: (1)  a transportation improvement fee and (2)  a road improvement fee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142