The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - A different data source —the state Position Vacancy Report , which calculates the average annual vacancy rate across all types of staff in the department excluding temporary positions—reports an even higher vacancy rate: 13.6 percent as of 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - Department of Motor Vehicles The budget provides $1.46  billion for DMV in 2025-26, which is slightly less ($26  million) than the estimated 2024-25 expenditure level. Digital eXperience Platform (DXP) Project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Some of the largest spending augmentations proposed include: (1) $60  million to provide additional grants under the Cal Competes program; (2)  the intent to partially restore an ongoing reduction to the trial courts, which, if enacted, would cost $42  million ongoing; and (3)  the Governor ’s proposed expansion to College Corps, which would cost $5  million in 2025 ‑26, but grow to $84  million  ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - Given this context, the Legislature will want to apply a higher bar to its review of new spending proposals than it might in a year in which the General Fund has more capacity to support new commitments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - California Highway Patrol The budget provides $3.2  billion for CHP in 2024 ‑25, which represents a reduction of $110  million (about 3  percent) relative to 2023 ‑24. Similar to last year, the budget includes a number of shifts in the funding approach for CHP capital outlay projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925

The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions

Feb 23, 2024 - First, revenues from both accounts are restricted to specific transportation purposes under the California Constitution, so some limitations exist regarding which activities they could be redirected to support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4854

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

Dec 13, 2023 - As described in the nearby box, we base our projections on two different scenarios—the Scoping Plan Scenario, which that puts the state on the path to meet its GHG reduction goals, and the Reference Scenario, which serves as a baseline comparison for what revenue trends would be absent recent and planned GHG reduction policies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

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

Feb 8, 2024 - For example, the IG moved into a portion of HSRA ’s office space, which HSRA provided consistent with the statutory requirement. The IG also began hiring staff using the $1  million provided as part of the 2023 ‑24 state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - Caltrans The budget provides $18.1  billion from various fund sources to support Caltrans in 2023-24, which represents an increase of $3.3  billion (22  percent) when compared to the revised 2022-23 expenditure level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804

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

Feb 24, 2023 - The proposed Advanced Clean Fleets rule, which CARB anticipates adopting this spring, would require all new trucks and buses sold to be ZEVs by either 2036 or 2040 (CARB has not yet decided which year).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4708