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

Dec 13, 2023 - This is because the increase would be applied uniformly regardless of income—so responding to an increased charge of 10 cents per gallon, for example, would require dedicating a larger proportional share of monthly expenditures for a lower‑earning household as compared to households with more resources upon which to draw.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

DMV Shift to Online Services Due to COVID-19

Oct 16, 2020 - A change in app roach to the size and number of field offices could have immediate impact on capital outlay planning and construction in the next several years. It costs roughly $20  million dollars to plan, design, and construct one new DMV field office.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4283

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

May 17, 2021 - (We also include links to Appendix tables at the end of this post and the top left of this page. These appendix tables itemize select proposals by policy area based on our understanding at this time.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2017-18 Budget: Transportation Funding Package

Feb 17, 2017 - First, an amount is taken “off the top ” to fully backfill weight fees that are used to help pay debt service on transportation bonds, as discussed below. For 2016 ‑17, the amount necessary to backfill weight fees is roughly $1  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3572

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 5, 2020 - The enacted budget did not include a May Revision proposal by the Governor to transfer $130.5  million in interest earnings from SHA to the General Fund. High-Speed Rail Authority (HSRA) The budget provides a total of $2.9  billion for HSRA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4272

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

Feb 8, 2024 - OIG indicates this inability to hire at the desired classification could affect its ability to attract and retain top talent. Notably, as mentioned previously, Chapter  71 requires OIG to select, appoint, and employ officers and employees necessary to carry out the functions of the office.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

Review of the Draft 2020 High-Speed Rail Business Plan

Mar 13, 2020 - This could provide the environmental benefits of cleaner trains —although with lower top operating speeds —without requiring the funding of electrification. A different set of projects in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles regions than those that were assumed in the ETO ’s analysis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4202

Review of High-Speed Rail Draft 2016 Business Plan

Mar 17, 2016 - Under the draft plan, the IOS would extend 239 miles from the Central Valley to the Silicon Valley (referred to in this report as the “IOS North ”), rather than from the Central Valley to the San Fernando Valley.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3394

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - Some of the major expenditure cost drivers have included (1)  increased employee compensation costs which have been driven by both increases to staffing levels and growing salary and benefit costs at CHP, (2)  workload related to the issuance of new driver licenses and ID cards that comply with federal standards (commonly referred to as “REAL IDs), ” and (3)  supplemental pension plan repayments that began in 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

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

Feb 27, 2023 - (For reference, we estimate that roughly $35 million in additional revenue could be generated annually from a $1 increase in the base vehicle registration, and roughly $6 million from a $1 increase in the driver’s license fee.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4710