The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - Requires Administration to Examine Options to Provide Short-Term Financial Assistance to Specific Transit Agencies. Chapter  104 of 2025 (SB  105, Wiener) requires the Department of Finance (DOF) —in consultation with the California State Transportation Agency —to examine loans or other financing options that could be used to provide short-term financial
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - Moreover, given the scale of the state’s projected budget shortfall in the coming years, the option of relying upon the General Fund or other special funds to help cover the MVA expenditures will be challenging.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - Alternative Options Also Come With Trade ‑Offs. The Legislature could consider one or more alternative actions to keep the MVA balanced in 2025 ‑26. However, each of these options also has associated trade ‑offs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

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

Dec 13, 2023 - Key Considerations for Weighing Various Options. We identify four key criteria the Legislature can use to help guide its evaluation of options for addressing declining state transportation revenues: “User‑Pays” Principle.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions

Feb 23, 2024 - As noted above, the state has limited options to avoid providing this funding if it does not want to cause significant disruptions, given it has already entered into project commitments with the awarded grantees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4854

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - The Governor ’s budget includes $ 250  m illion General Fund in 2020 ‑ 21 —with a plan to allocate an additional $ 750  m illion in future years —to establish a new loan program at the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (I ‑Bank).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

Feb 27, 2023 - This is not only because the fund source is a key component of any proposal, but also because, in this case, the two potential options for fund sources  for repayments —the MVA and General Fund —both have important implications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4710

Road Charge Pilot Program Update

Sep 15, 2016 - The various options were offered in order to (1) address privacy concerns by providing som e options that do not involve electronic tracking and (2) assess the accuracy of reports of miles driven under various methods.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3499

The 2020-21 Budget: Effect of Lower Cap-and-Trade Revenues on the High-Speed Rail Project

Jun 4, 2020 - Legislative Options to Reduce Near-Term Project Costs. As we discussed in our March review of the draft funding plan, there are other options the Legislature could consider besides the current scope of the Merced-to-Bakersfield segment, and some of these options could cost less.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4252

Review of the Draft 2020 High-Speed Rail Business Plan

Mar 13, 2020 - Accordingly, it is possible that, under different assumptions, the ETO ’s comparison of the benefits of the Merced ‑to ‑Bakersfield segment to options in the Los Angeles area and San Francisco Bay Area could be substantially different.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4202