Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Implications for State Transportation Funding and Programs

Dec 13, 2023 - We  do anticipate that RIF revenues will increase as ZEV adoption expands. Specifically, we project that under the Scoping Plan Scenario, RIF revenues will total $1.1 billion by 2034 ‑35, an increase of $1  billion compared to current levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Transportation

Apr 5, 2022 - These higher standards likely will require using more complex forecasting da ta, based not solely on historical flooding patterns, but also informed by changing and anticipated conditions. Existing Materials Likely Will Not Meet the Demands of Changing Conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4576

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - Under current law, CHP officers receive annual salary increases based on the compensation provided to peace officers employed by five major local law enforcement jurisdictions in California, which have tended to grow faster than the statutory inflationary adjustments applied to vehicle fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

SB 1 Has Doubled Major Source of State Funding for Local Streets and Roads

Jan 24, 2020 - How Maintenance of Local Streets and Roads Is Funded The 482 cities and 58 counties in California own and maintain over 325,000 lane-miles of local streets and roads, which represents 82  percent of the total lane-miles in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions

Feb 23, 2024 - However, such a reduction would impact the ability of local transit agencies to support operations or locally planned infrastructure improvements. Redirect GGRF for Other Activity, Reduce Formula ‑Based TIRCP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4854

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

Jan 13, 2025 - There are a handful of differences in our estimates, but these changes are small enough on net that they do not substantively change our assessment of the budget condition. Specifically, the administration has higher revenue estimates than our office, but these are mostly offset by their higher spending estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Feb 15, 2022 - While these four centers have sufficient space to accommodat e large vehicles required for commercial drive tests, the other test locations frequently do not, and often have to utilize public streets and alleys as well as shared parking lots to conduct the tests.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

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

Feb 13, 2023 - The agency should not commit funds to local agencies when it does not yet have the legal authority to do so or certainty that the state budget will ultimately provide this funding. We also recommend that the Legislature direct Caltrans to delay its application process for the Clean California Local Grant Program until the funding is appropriated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4676

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

Jan 13, 2023 - In contrast, we do not view these items as baseline spending because they were not approved in any budget ‑related legislation. Consequently, we do not consider withdrawing the inflation set ‑aside or shifting back to lease revenue bonds from cash to be budget solutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - Caltrans frequently undertakes work on behalf of local governments that develop projects on the state highway system. The department charges these local governments for all costs that are directly attributable to these projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804