The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget language also directs any loan or other financing options developed to (1)  ensure full repayment with an agreed-upon interest rate, (2)  follow a clearly defined repayment schedule, and (3)  include a guaranteed mechanism to secure repayment from a reliable and predictable revenue source.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Moreover, many existing structures were built to different standards than are commonplace today, making them less resilient to the effects of climate change. For instance, many older homes were built with features —such as wood shake roofs, cedar siding, or single ‑paned windows —that make them more vulnerable to igniting during wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 5, 2020 - Gasoline excise taxes are also expected to be lower in 2020 ‑21 than previously predicted. However, Caltrans is able to maintain funding for its programs supported by these revenue sources because it has built up sufficient fund balances.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4272

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - The department also indicates that it would require local governments to provide a match to receive this state funding. Yet, a one ‑time match similarly does not ensure lasting efforts to address  litter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

The 2019-20 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 26, 2019 - The funding agreement for these funds requires the state to provide $2. 5  b illion in matching funds, but allows the state to spend down the federal funds in advance of the state match. HSRA fully expended the ARRA funds and expects to complete the state match requirement in 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3948

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The underlying budget dynamics today are particularly challenging for three reasons. First, revenues have not caught up with expenditures. Second, under our estimates, expenditure growth exceeds estimated revenue growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Jan 13, 2023 - (That is, in our view, these costs would not have occurred absent legislative action and as a result do not contribute to the budget problem the Legislature faces today.) Comparison to LAO November Outlook.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

A Review of the State's Active Transportation Program

Mar 1, 2019 - Each MPO can either use the CTC ’s scoring criteria or their own guidelines and scoring criteria, which can include the requirement that project sponsors provide matching funds. Based on approved scoring criteria, each MPO will then select the next highest scoring projects for funding from its share of funding for the MPO component of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3955

The 2024-25 Budget: Establishing the Office of the Inspector General for the High-Speed Rail Authority

Feb 8, 2024 - While the administration ’s perspective is that a notification was not required under the statute since the total amount of funding provided matches what OIG requested for 2024 ‑25, DOF did change the proposal materially.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

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

Dec 13, 2023 - Yet while there could be some predictability and stability in the revenues raised by increasing vehicle fees, this source is not directly linked to changes in fuel tax revenues. As such, additional vehicle fee increases likely would be needed over time to keep pace with escalating declines in fuel tax revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821