DMV Shift to Online Services Due to COVID-19

Oct 16, 2020 - Other customers might prefer to pay with cash instead of a credit card. These issues highlight the importance of ensuring that customers have a variety of service channels available even while the state seeks to expand the use of online services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4283

The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions

Feb 23, 2024 - Cash Flow Adjustments Avoid Programmatic Impacts but Create Cost Pressures in Future Years. The proposed $2.8  billion in cash flow adjustments would help alleviate cost pressures in the near term by reducing General Fund commitments in 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4854

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

May 17, 2021 - Reflecting very strong cash collections in recent months, the May Revision adjusts 2020 ‑21 revenues (and transfers) up by $26.8  billion to $182  billion. This represents a 27  percent increase over 2019 ‑20, the largest single year increase in over four decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Fund Shift for CHP and DMV Capital Projects

Feb 27, 2023 - We recommend the Legislature weigh the trade ‑offs associated with using up ‑front cash versus lease revenue bonds for CHP and DMV projects, such as the resulting implications for the timing and level of costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4710

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

Jan 13, 2023 - The Governor ’s budget proposes making nearly one ‑third of all spending ‑related solutions subject to trigger restoration language. Under this proposed language, program spending that otherwise would have occurred in 2023 ‑24 would not be allocated as part of the June budget act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - This somewhat unusual circumstance is the result of cash flow adjustments the state made as part of the current ‑year budget agreement. Specifically, the 2024 ‑25 budget package reverted funds appropriated for these programs in prior years —that had already been awarded to projects —with the intent of reappropriating the dollars in a future year when they are actually needed to cover planned expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

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

Road Charge Pilot Program Update

Sep 15, 2016 - As recommended by the TAC, participants of the pilot program will not exchange actual money. Pilot participants will receive simulated invoices for their reported mileage and will only make simulated payments for those charges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3499

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - D = Delay; FS = Fund Shift; CF = Cash Flow Adjustment; and R = Reduction. TIRCP = Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program; CalSTA = California State Transportation Agency; Caltrans = California Department of Transportation; CWDB = California Workforce Development Board; GO ‑Biz = Governor ’s Office of Business and Economic Development; and  DMV  =  Department  of  Motor  Vehicles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925

The 2020-21 Budget: Effect of Lower Cap-and-Trade Revenues on the High-Speed Rail Project

Jun 4, 2020 - However, even a short-term reduction in revenues could increase the chances that the project ’s funding will not align with the project ’s cash needs. This is because the vast majority of the project ’s costs for the Merced-to-Bakersfield segment —nearly 90  percent —are anticipated to be needed by 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4252