The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - A different data source —the state Position Vacancy Report , which calculates the average annual vacancy rate across all types of staff in the department excluding temporary positions—reports an even higher vacancy rate: 13.6 percent as of 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget language also directs any loan or other financing options developed to (1)  ensure full repayment with an agreed-upon interest rate, (2)  follow a clearly defined repayment schedule, and (3)  include a guaranteed mechanism to secure repayment from a reliable and predictable revenue source.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

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

Dec 13, 2023 - Because the rate at which anticipated impacts occur will depend on various factors, how quickly the funding shortfalls will materialize and when additional actions will be needed still are uncertain.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Overview of the 2017 Transportation Funding Package

Jun 8, 2017 - The current rate is 16  cents per gallon. Starting November  1, 2017, SB  1 increases this tax by 20  cents per gallon to 36  cents per gallon and makes the rate fixed. It also adjusts the rate for inflation starting in 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3688

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - The pilot program is expected to begin in 2024 and, in accordance with the legislation, will test two types of rates —a flat per-mile rate and a variable per-mile rate based on a vehicle ’s fuel economy rating.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628

The 2022-23 Budget: Highway Violence Task Force

Feb 14, 2022 - Of the $4  million proposed for 2022 ‑23, $2.2  million would support overtime costs to fund additional CHP officers on road patrol duty, particularly in locations where higher rates of violent crime are occurring.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4533

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

Jan 24, 2020 - In addition, the “swap tax ” rate on gasoline was modified from being administratively determined based on estimated gasoline prices to being set at 17.3 cents per gallon on July 1, 2019. (This reflects an increase over the previous rate of 11.7 cents per gallon.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

The 2017-18 Budget: Transportation Funding Package

Feb 17, 2017 - Variable Swap Rate. The variable swap gasoline excise tax rate was established as part of the “fuel tax swap ” —a package of legislation that changed the way the state taxes fuels. This tax is set annually by the Board of Equalization (BOE).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3572

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - The budget includes budget trailer legislation that permanently extends provisions —which had expired on January 1, 2023 —that limit the administrative indirect cost recovery rate that Caltrans can charge to self-help counties to no more than 10  percent of the department ’s direct costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804