The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - Data do not seem to support the department ’s explanation for why it is unable to use salary savings to cover some costs as it has in the past. As shown in Figure  2, the department ’s uniformed officer vacancy rate including temporary positions, is still well above the pre-pandemic levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2020-21 Budget: Transportation

Feb 10, 2020 - Department data clearly demonstrates that the volume of trash on the state highway system has risen significantly over the past four years, resulting in significant additional litter abatement workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4149

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

Jan 14, 2019 - Continues Funding for 7   Percent IHSS Service ‑Hour Restoration. Since 2016 ‑17, the General Fund has supported the restoration of IHSS service hours, which were previously reduced by 7  p ercent, as long as the MCO tax is in place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

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

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Figure 7 Climate Adaptation Funding Packages Included in 2021 ‑22 Budget (In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - Some of these past solutions provided temporary relief, such as the state making a one ‑time repayment of loans that previously were provided from MVA to the General Fund and delaying supplemental pension plan repayments to the General Fund (which temporarily reduced MVA expenditures but created additional out ‑year liabilities).
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

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

Dec 13, 2023 - Notably, all of the revenues collected from the diesel sales tax are used to support transit and rail programs, while all of the collected revenues from weight fees currently are used to offset a portion of the debt service costs on past voter‑approved transportation bonds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

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

Jan 13, 2020 - This includes determining a target level of reserves and how much to commit to ongoing spending. Given the maturity of the economic expansion, revenues may not grow as quickly as past years. Consequently, in our November Fiscal Outlook , we recommended the Legislature commit no more than $1 billion to ongoing purposes in 2020‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2017-18 Budget: Department of Transportation

Feb 14, 2017 - The total level of spending proposed for Caltrans in 2017-18 supports about 19,000 positions at the department and several thousand transportation improvement projects statewide. Electric Vehicle Charging Stations LAO Bottom Line.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3560