The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - The MVA ’s primary source of revenue is from vehicle registration fees, as well as —to a lesser degree —from driver ’s license and identification card fees. CHP receives roughly 60  percent of the MVA revenues ($3  billion) annually, with most of the remainder supporting activities at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - This causes the state to lose valuable time that could have been spent developing and implementing other cost reductions strategies. In addition, overly ambitious cost savings targets can mask, to an extent, the size of the structural deficit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156