The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - The 2024 ‑25 budget provides a total of $3  million on an ongoing basis from the Public Transportation Account for the High-Speed Rail Authority Office of the Inspector General. This is an increase of $2  million from the estimated 2023 ‑24 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925

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 - This large project also received one-time funding allocations in 2024-25 and prior years, and will need subsequent appropriations to complete forthcoming phases. Additionally, because the costs of DMV ’s IT modernization efforts have exceeded initial projections, budget trailer legislation extended the sunset date for a Business Partner Automation system improvement fee from December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2028.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Over the budget window —2023 ‑24 through 2025 ‑ 26 —the administration ’s estimates of revenues (excluding policy proposals) are higher than our November 2024 estimate by $9  billion. Higher estimates for personal income taxes and corporation taxes each account for a bit under half of this difference, with the small remainder attributable to a variety of other revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - Third, the budget includes $1.3  million from the General Fund in both 2023-24 and 2024-25 for the department to establish a homelessness solutions team. This team will be in charge of coordinating long-term planning efforts involving homelessness and housing across all of the department ’s programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804

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

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals $190 a Figure reflects package as modified by the 2023 ‑24 and 2024 ‑25 budget agreements. TIRCP = Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program; CalSTA = California State Transportation Agency; Caltrans = California Department of Transportation; CWDB = California Workforce Development Board; GO ‑Biz = Governor ’s Office of Business and Economic Development; and DMV = Department of Motor Vehicles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

The 2022-23 Budget: Clean California Local Grant Program

Feb 10, 2022 - This information likely will become available as projects near their required June 2024 completion  date. Recommendation Reject Additional Funding for CCLGP Until More Data on Project Outcomes Are Available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4526

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Budget Solutions in Transportation Programs

Feb 13, 2023 - The Governor identifies the $1  billion reduction for the population ‑based TIRCP in 2023 ‑24 as being eligible for restoration should resources exceed expectations by January 2024. The trigger restoration for this program would only occur if there are sufficient resources to restore the full $3.8  billion budget ‑wide trigger restoration list.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4676

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

Feb 8, 2024 - In 2023, IG Was Selected and Began Hiring. In August 2023, the Governor announced the selection of the first IG from among three candidates selected by JLAC, consistent with the process outlined in statute.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833