The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - This reflects a $719  million (5  percent) increase when compared to the estimated 2024-25 expenditure level. This increase largely reflects an anticipated growth in the number of capital projects scheduled for 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

High-Speed Rail 2025 Project Update Report [Publication Details]

Mar 27, 2025 - Presented to: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 5 On Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5022

Review of the Draft 2020 High-Speed Rail Business Plan

Mar 13, 2020 - We note that a separate ridership analysis of Los Angeles area projects performed by Metrolink estimated that such projects would result in average annual ridership increases of roughly 5. 3  m illion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4202

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

May 17, 2021 - As shown in Figure  5, the Governor proposes allocating nearly $10  billion of this total to pay down deferred payments from previous years, $5  billion (including $2.1  billion ongoing) for high-poverty schools and districts, nearly $1.4  billion for community colleges, and the remainder (roughly $6  billion) for other K-12 spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Under our revenue estimates, this allows the state to maintain a positive operating surplus so that risks to the bottom line, such as revenue reductions and changes in federal policy, are less likely to result in budget deficits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

Feb 13, 2023 - In the budget year, the program is estimated to have about $5  billion for projects through a combination of state and federal funds (including additional funding from IIJA). The  Governor ’s proposed fund shifts would reduce funding available for SHOPP by $500  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4676

The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions

Feb 23, 2024 - First, revenues from both accounts are restricted to specific transportation purposes under the California Constitution, so some limitations exist regarding which activities they could be redirected to support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4854

The 2017-18 Budget: Transportation Funding Package

Feb 17, 2017 - The department does so through the Highway Maintenance Program, as well as the State Highway Operation and Protection Program (SHOPP) which we discuss below. Figure 1 summarizes the spectrum of highway maintenance and rehabilitation work that is performed by these two programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3572

The 2020-21 Budget: Transportation

Feb 10, 2020 - While increased funding for litter abatement is an interim solution, doing so comes with some opportunity cost. Specifically, spending more SHA funds on litter abatement leaves less funding for other transportation programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4149

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - The budget package includes trailer legislation that raises the share of Proposition  1A bond funds that can be used for HSRA ’s administrative expenses (known as the administrative spending cap) from 2.5  percent to 5  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925