DMV Shift to Online Services Due to COVID-19

Oct 16, 2020 - Shifting more field office transactions to less expensive service channels could lead to significant efficiency improvements. In the short term, this could mean greater staff capacity to process transactions in field offices, which would be beneficial as more customers need to visit a field office to secure their REAL ID by October 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4283

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

Feb 15, 2022 - New vs. Existing Programs. Funding is currently proposed to be allocated through a new program under CalSTA. However, other existing programs—like the Trade Corridor Enhancement Program, which is administered by California Transportation Commission and funds similar goods movement infrastructure projects—could be used to allocate the proposed funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - The department also indicates that it would require local governments to provide a match to receive this state funding. Yet, a one ‑time match similarly does not ensure lasting efforts to address  litter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

The 2019-20 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 26, 2019 - Second, the state received a $ 929  m illion grant from the federal High ‑Speed Intercity Passenger Rail program in 2010 (commonly referred to as the FY10 Federal Grant), which expires at the end of 2022 and requires a state match of $ 360  m illion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3948

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - This is due in part to historical discriminatory practices that restricted which racial groups could live and purchase homes in the communities that contained larger and more developed water systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

A Review of the State's Active Transportation Program

Mar 1, 2019 - Each MPO can either use the CTC ’s scoring criteria or their own guidelines and scoring criteria, which can include the requirement that project sponsors provide matching funds. Based on approved scoring criteria, each MPO will then select the next highest scoring projects for funding from its share of funding for the MPO component of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3955

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

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor proposes $ 122  m illion for greater living assistance for California Community Colleges, CSU, and UC Cal Grant recipients who have dependent children. The Governor also proposes $9. 6  m illion to fund an additional 4,250 Cal Grant competitive awards, which would raise the total number of new competitive awards authorized annually to 30,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

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 2024-25 Budget: Establishing the Office of the Inspector General for the High-Speed Rail Authority

Feb 8, 2024 - While the administration ’s perspective is that a notification was not required under the statute since the total amount of funding provided matches what OIG requested for 2024 ‑25, DOF did change the proposal materially.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

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

Feb 24, 2023 - Given these trends, together with inflationary pressures and the exceptionally high cost of living in California, it will be important for the Legislature to carefully consider how important A B  8 revenues are to meeting the state ’s goals and whether they are worth the costs they place on households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4708