The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget includes $5  million in ongoing General Fund and 12 new positions to expand the existing Computer Crimes Investigation Unit and augment work combatting child sexual abuse material and human trafficking throughout the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 1, 2021 - The budget includes $7.2  million of federal funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act for small and rural transit agencies to expand the use of contactless payment services for transit riders.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4458

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The budget also includes $ 124  m illion, primarily from the General Fund, for other wildfire response ‑related proposals, such as for additional CalFire fire engines ($ 40  m illion) and prepositioning of Office of Emergency Services and local fire engines ($ 25  m illion). $165   Million for Other Disaster ‑Related Proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - This program provides the staff support necessary to deliver transportation infrastructure projects, such as engineering and design, environmental analysis, right-of-way acquisition support, and construction administration and oversight.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - This program provides the staff support necessary to deliver transportation infrastructure projects, such as engineering and design, environmental analysis, right-of-way acquisition support, and construction administration and oversight.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - The state likely also will incur costs from the need to expand its workforce in other areas to respond to climate change impacts —such as by hiring additional engineers and scientists to assess vulnerabilities, plan for adaptation strategies, and design and implement the state ’s responses to climate risks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Jan 24, 2020 - Local governments mainly use this funding source for maintenance and rehabilitation, but also utilize funding for other purposes such as new construction, engineering work, and administrative costs. In the fiscal ye ar prior to the passage of SB  1 (2016 ‑17), $1.3  billion was distributed to cities and counties as shared revenues, which was 19  percent of the total funding made available for local streets and roads.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

The 2018-19 Budget: Governor’s May Revision Proposal for Caltrans’ Capital Outlay Support Program

May 13, 2018 - The State Constitution, however, allows the state to contract for architectural and engineering services without limits. Long-Term Trends. Figure  1 reveals two noteworthy trends in total COS FTEs over the last eight years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3833

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Transportation

Oct 17, 2019 - The budget provides: (1) $62  million ($44  million General Fund, and $18  million Special Deposit Fund, Asset Forfeiture Accounts) and a three-year extended encumbrance period to replace 3,600 in-car radio communications systems with new modular communications and mobile computer systems; (2) $15  million from the General Fund for multifunction electronic tablets that will allow
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4098

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

Feb 24, 2023 - Given that this is already the direction in which the state is heading, rather than using AQIP A B  8 funds to support purchases of trucks with traditional combustion engines (as is allowed under current program rules), the Legislature could consider requiring AQIP to focus exclusively on upgrades to ZEVs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4708