The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - The department has always faced costs related to inflation, replacement of old equipment, and increases in gas prices —these are not anomalous events. As such, why the department needs an augmentation for covering baseline costs this year rather than accommodating them through relying on its historical practice is unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

Impact of COVID-19 on State Transportation Revenues

Sep 17, 2020 - Decreases in Fuel Prices. Since the start of the pandemic, retail gasoline and diesel prices have fallen as the demand for fuel has decreased. Lower diesel prices will directly affect the amount of revenue collected from the diesel sales tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4268

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Transportation

Dec 21, 2018 - One way for manufacturers to comply with this requirement is to lower prices on ZEVs to encourage greater consumer demand. However, the CVRP also reduces the vehicle price to encourage increased demand.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/report/3912

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - Other actions provided longer ‑term solutions, including (1)  ending a previous practice of transferring about $90  million annually from MVA to the General Fund, (2)  authorizing vehicle registration fees to be adjusted annually based on the percent change in the California Consumer Price Index to account for inflation, (3)  shifting certain programs from MVA to other fund
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

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

Jan 24, 2020 - In addition, the “swap tax ” rate on gasoline was modified from being administratively determined based on estimated gasoline prices to being set at 17.3 cents per gallon on July 1, 2019. (This reflects an increase over the previous rate of 11.7 cents per gallon.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

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

Feb 24, 2023 - Moreover, although A B  8 fees are modest, they represent a direct cost to vehicle owners —including to lower ‑income households, which are more likely to be negatively affected by higher registration prices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4708

California's Transportation System

Jun 7, 2018 - The decrease could be attributable to many factors such as changes in income and gas prices. Despite the decrease in miles driven per driver , the total miles driven statewide increased slightly over the decade, due to an increase in drivers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3860

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

Jan 13, 2020 - The first is to establish an Office of Health Care Affordability responsible for increasing price transparency and developing cost containment strategies and targets for the health care industry. The second is to build on last year ’s efforts to control drug spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

Dec 13, 2023 - (In addition to consumption trends, diesel sales tax revenues also are impacted by forecasted prices.) However, gasoline excise tax revenues decline at a comparatively steeper rate due to several factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

The 2017-18 Budget: Transportation Funding Package

Feb 17, 2017 - BOE sets the rate by considering both gasoline price and quantity sold in an effort to mimic a sales tax, which had previously been collected on gasoline for transportation purposes. BOE has set this rate at 9.8 cents per gallon in 2016 ‑17, which is estimated to generate about $1.4  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3572