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 2022-23 Budget: Highway Violence Task Force

Feb 14, 2022 - If the investigating officer needs additional support or resources, or if the investigation requires in‑depth or lengthy examination to complete, CHP’s Investigative Services Unit can provide investigative support, depending on the circumstances.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4533

A Review of Caltrans’ Vehicle Insurance Costs

Dec 5, 2017 - Specifically, the reporting language directs us to (1) examine the causes of recent cost increases, and (2) present options for containing costs, such as a safe driver training program. This report responds to the legislative reporting language.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3721

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

May 13, 2018 - In 2016, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) convened a workgroup of representatives from the administration and legislative staff to further examine Caltrans ’ COS budget development methodology.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3833

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Transportation

Apr 5, 2022 - The Legislature directed the California Natural Resources Agency to convene a working group consisting of engineers, scientists, and architects to examine how to incorporate climate change impact data into state infrastructure planning, design, construction, operations, and maintenance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4576

The 2019-20 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 26, 2019 - The Legislature may want to require DMV to seek legislative approval before incurring such spending to allow the Legislature to examine the reasons for the increased expenditures and determine what action, if any, it would like to take.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3948

Review of the Draft 2020 High-Speed Rail Business Plan

Mar 13, 2020 - This estimate would also depend on the specific assumptions made, but the ETO did not perform a sensitivity analysis on this alternative to examine how its results would change under different assumptions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4202

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

Dec 13, 2023 - However, in examining this option, the Legislature will also want to consider how greater variabilities in fuel efficiency have—and will continue to—diminish the link between fuel consumption and road usage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - The Governor ’s budget includes $6  million from the General Fund in 2022 ‑23 for DMV to fund overtime for 200 Licensing Registration Examiners, as well as the necessary office and support staff, so that field offices with wait times of 30 days or more for commercial drive tests can offer additional testing slots on Saturdays.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

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

Jan 13, 2020 - When examining a budget ’s multiyear condition, the “operating surplus ” is an important marker of budget health. An operating surplus is the amount of additional resources available annually —or the yearly amount by which revenue estimates exceed expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135