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

Jan 13, 2025 - The underlying budget dynamics today are particularly challenging for three reasons. First, revenues have not caught up with expenditures. Second, under our estimates, expenditure growth exceeds estimated revenue growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

A Review of the State's Active Transportation Program

Mar 1, 2019 - However, the scores given by the volunteer teams are the official scores. Once all projects are evaluated and given a score, they are ranked from highest scoring to lowest scoring, and projects for each of the program components are selected as follows: Statewide Component.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3955

The 2020-21 Budget: Transportation

Feb 10, 2020 - Low Level of Service Scores. Why are level of service scores for tree and brush encroachment relatively low? Level of Service Score by Location. To what extent do level of service scores vary geographically, such as based on an area ’s risk of wildfire?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4149

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

Feb 15, 2022 - Short ‑Term vs. Long ‑Term Strategies. The  current supply chain disruptions are the result of both short ‑term issues, such as greater consumer demand, as well as long ‑term issues, such as the capacity and resilience of the goods movement system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation $560 $10,880 a Funding was provided as part of the 2022 ‑23 funding agreement, but some funding was scored to 2021 ‑22. b Includes a small amount of funding for CTC to conduct administrative activities. c Includes $300 million dedicated to adapting certain rail lines to sea ‑level rise, as well as $1.8 billion for projects in
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - (That is, in our view, these costs would not have occurred absent legislative action and as a result do not contribute to the budget problem the Legislature faces today.) Comparison to LAO November Outlook.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2016-17 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 23, 2016 - Similarly, for bridges, the Governor proposes a performance goal of achieving a Bridge Health Index score of 95. However, as discussed above, this index is currently at a score of 97. 1 —meaning Caltrans is already meeting this goal under existing funding levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3366

The 2022-23 Budget: Transportation Infrastructure Package

Feb 15, 2022 - Similar to last year ’s package, the Governor proposes allocating the requested funding to support high ‑scoring projects that did not receive funding in previous ATP grant cycles. According to CTC, the cost to fund all of the projects that had clearly met the evaluation criteria would be about $1.5  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4536

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Budget Solutions in Transportation Programs

Feb 13, 2023 - This funding was intended to help address the roughly $1.5  billion backlog of high ‑scoring projects that had applied to the program in previous years but were not funded due to limited resources. Similarly, the local climate adaptation programs were budget items that originated from the Legislature in order to address current and future climate change impacts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4676

A Review of Caltrans’ Vehicle Insurance Costs

Dec 5, 2017 - In other words, claims that in the past might have cost several hundreds of thousands of dollars today are costing several millions of dollars. But determining how changes in legal practices by the state and plaintiffs ’ attorneys are affecting costs is difficult because each case can have unique circumstances.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3721