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

Feb 8, 2024 - The statute also prohibits the Governor from removing the IG without good cause. IG ’s Selection of Staff. The statute requires the IG to select, appoint, and employ officers and employees necessary to carry out the functions of OIG.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions

Feb 23, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions $3,235 $11,964 a Positive values reflect new proposed spending in that year due to the resumption of cash ‑flow adjustments or delays. b Includes funding from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF). c Includes funding from the State Highway Account. d Includes a $1 billion delay and a $261 million fund shift from the General Fund to GGRF. e Includes funding from the Public Transportation Account.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4854

The 2022-23 Budget: Transportation Infrastructure Package

Feb 15, 2022 - In order to guid e future legislative decisions, we find that it is particularly important for the state to conduct robust program evaluations to measure the extent to which new programs are meeting their core objectives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4536

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - The program will offer competitive grants to local governments and federally recognized tribal governments for litter abatement efforts, with a particular focus on projects that create employment pathways.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor also proposes $9. 6  m illion to fund an additional 4,250 Cal Grant competitive awards, which would raise the total number of new competitive awards authorized annually to 30,000. Over the past several years, the Legislature has focused on certain financial aid goals, including: ( 1)  i ncreasing living assistance (especially for students enrolled
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - For competitive grants to local governments for beautification and cleanup projects within public spaces and local right of ways. Beautification projects included infrastructure improvements such as art installations, graffiti removal, and landscaping.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

The 2017-18 Budget: Transportation Funding Package

Feb 17, 2017 - The Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program is a competitive grant program that awards funding to transit and rail capital projects that meet certain criteria, such as reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3572

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

Feb 13, 2023 - In some cases, the information the state is seeking to obtain from this pilot program could be achieved through the federal Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program —a new five ‑year IIJA program that will provide roughly $200  million annually in competitive grants for similar activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4676

Overview of the 2017 Transportation Funding Package

Jun 8, 2017 - This is a competitive grant program that awards funding to transit and rail capital projects, including intercity, commuter, and urban rail projects, as well as projects for bus and ferry transit systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3688

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Transportation [Publication Details]

Dec 21, 2018 - Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Transportation [Publication Details] Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Transportation Format: HTML Description: Chapter 135 of 2017 (AB 398, E. Garcia) requires our office to annually report on the economic impacts and benefits of California’s statutory greenhouse gas (GHG) emission goals—statewide emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3912