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

Jan 13, 2020 - Our office estimated the full ‑year savings —in 2022 ‑ 23 —of suspending these expenditures was $1. 7  b illion. The augmentations subject to suspensions were in a variety of state programs, including In ‑Home Supportive Services, developmental services, and Medi ‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - For example, previous budgets provided funding to CHP for similar purposes in 2017-18, 2022-23, and 2023-24. CHPERS Project Is Already Underway, Meets Public Safety and Radio Communications Needs. The Legislature approved the CHPERS project in 2006-07 to enhance the interoperability of CHP ’s radio communications system among public safety agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 1, 2021 - California Highway Patrol The budget provides $2.8  billion to fund CHP, an increase of $346  million (14  percent) compared to 2020 ‑21 revised spending estimates. The increase mainly is due to short-term employee compensation reductions enacted in 2020 ‑21 and several one-time capital outlay expenditures in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4458

The 2022-23 Budget: Highway Violence Task Force

Feb 14, 2022 - In 2020, CHP began tracking information on the associated factors of each highway shooting when such determinations can reasonably be made. From January  2020  through October 2021, CHP reported that 25  percent of the shootings with available data were associated with road rage and 8  percent were associated with gang ‑related crimes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4533

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - Support for Local Transit Transit ridership had been gradually declining since 2014 but dropped dramatically when the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020. The decrease in ridership has reduced fare revenues for the agencies that operate locally based transit services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The June 2021 budget estimated the state would be required to make deposits totaling $4.5  billion across 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22. Under the Governor ’s budget, the required deposits in those years increase to nearly $6.7  billion and the state makes an additional $3.1  billion deposit in 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2020-21 Budget: Transportation

Feb 10, 2020 - In addition, we recommend the Legislature adopt supplemental reporting language requiring the department to provide a report by January 10, 2022, related to its efforts to investigate and reduce pedestrian and bicycle fatalities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4149

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

Feb 24, 2023 - For instance, Chapter  249 of 2016 (S B  32 ,  Pavley) updated the state ’s GHG reduction limit from 1990  levels by 2020 to 40  percent below 1990  levels by 2030. Chapter  337 of 2022 (A B  1279 , Muratsuchi) requires the state to achieve net ‑zero GHG emissions by 2045.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4708

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

Feb 15, 2022 - DMV  closed or limited field office activities several times throughout 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. For example, DMV canceled all drive tests statewide on December  14,  2020 due to the surge in COVID ‑19 cases and did not resume tests until February 1, 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - The activities of this task force were initially funded for a three-year term beginning in 2022-23. Capital Outlay Infrastructure Replacement Projects. As summarized in the Statewide Infrastructure section of our post, The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions , the budget package includes a total of $10.1  million for various phases of eight CHP capital outlay projects —replacing seven offices and one radio communications tower.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077