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 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

Road Charge Pilot Program Update

Sep 15, 2016 - Test data security features and check for anomalies in mileage reporting. Assess impacts on lower-income and rural persons. Simulate payment options and develop a revenue neutral per-mile rate. Caltrans Selected to Implement Pilot Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3499

DMV Shift to Online Services Due to COVID-19

Oct 16, 2020 - In addition, to protect the health and safety of employees and customers, the department has enacted precautionary measures, such as temperature checks, face cove ring requirements, and physical distancing protocols.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4283

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - While this would result in maintaining prior funding levels for these activities, it would preclude this amount of Proposition 4 funds from supporting expanded service levels or additional projects. Additionally, the budget faces a number of notable risks and uncertainties—including related to forecasted revenues, federal funding levels, and fire recovery costs—that could lead to the General Fund condition worsening over the coming months.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

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

Jan 13, 2025 - This  would result in maintaining prior funding levels for these activities but would preclude this amount of Proposition  4 funds from supporting expanded service levels or additional projects. Spending and Tax Expenditure Proposals New Spending Proposals of Nearly $600   Million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - This is roughly the same amount as the estimated 2023 ‑24 expenditure level. A few notable new augmentations include the following: Establishes Ongoing Funding for Expanded California Integrated Travel Project.
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 - OIG = High ‑Speed Rail Office of the Inspector General Assessment Proposed Staffing Levels Appear Reasonable to Meet Work Plan. The proposed staffing levels —ten permanent positions and four temporary positions —appear to be well justified to complete the IG ’s proposed work plan and address the baseline workload associated with overseeing the high-speed rail project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - At the state level, CalSTA is required to develop and administer an accountability program for funding distribution. The budget package also includes new requirements for regional transportation agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804

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

Dec 13, 2023 - We then utilize our revenue projections under both scenarios to estimate funding levels for state transportation programs over the same period. We express all estimates in inflation‑adjusted dollars.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821