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

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - The Legislature can use excess revenues in three ways: (1)  appropriate more money for purposes excluded from the SAL (under the Governor ’s proposal, the common new spending for this purpose is capital outlay), (2)  split the excess between additional school and community college district spending and taxpayer rebates, or (3)  lower tax revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - While the administration has not yet provided specific details around which positions and activities it is reducing to achieve these savings —or how service levels might be impacted —it has stated that it is not reducing public safety positions at CHP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

A Review of Caltrans’ Vehicle Insurance Costs

Dec 5, 2017 - How Do California’s Liability Limits Compare to Other States? The U.S. Constitution grants states “sovereign immunity ” from lawsuits. This means all states can determine in their own laws the extent of their liability for actions by their employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3721

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

Jan 13, 2020 - The new Climate Catalyst Revolving Loan Fund would lend money to private sector organizations for projects determined to advance the state ’s environmental goals, along with other priorities —such as creating high ‑quality jobs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

A Review of the State's Active Transportation Program

Mar 1, 2019 - Introduction Active transportation includes walking, biking, and other active or “human ‑powered ” ways that people get from one place to another. In recent years, the state has taken steps to improve the infrastructure for this type of transportation due its many potential benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3955

Road Charge Pilot Program Update

Sep 15, 2016 - By August 2016, Caltrans enrolled 5,000 vehicles from individuals who volunteered to participate in the pilot program. Most of the enrolled vehicles (91  percent) are privately owned, while the remainder of the vehicles are commercial, out of state, governmental, or from tribal lands.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3499

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, low ‑income households have less money to purchase and operate air conditioning units during extreme heat events, air filters to moderate wildfire smoke, or back ‑up electricity generators to provide electricity during Public Safety Power Shutoff events.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - While the budget included significant one-time General Fund augmentations for Caltrans in 2021-22 as part of the Transportation Infrastructure Package discussed above, what might have been a year-to-year funding decline due to those funds not bein g sustained in 2022-23 is largely offset by (1)  gradual year-over-year funding increases from the federal IIJA (discussed more
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628

The 2022-23 Budget: Highway Violence Task Force

Feb 14, 2022 - When a violent crime occurs on state highways, CHP officers in the near vicinity—who generally are on road patrol duty—get called to the scene. These officers often become the primary investigators of the crime that occurred, and lead in collecting evidence, investigating criminal offenses, and submitting associated reports.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4533