The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - Recommendations Weigh Trade‑Offs and Address 2025‑26 MVA Shortfall in a Way That Best Aligns With Legislature’s Priorities. Any steps taken to address the MVA fund condition will come with trade‑offs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions

Feb 23, 2024 - Similar trade ‑offs would apply for any potential redirection from RMRA, which also funds state highway maintenance and rehabilitation projects, along with providing funds to cities and counties for local streets and roads and supporting several smaller programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4854

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

Feb 27, 2023 - Recommendations Weigh Trade ‑Offs Regarding Whether to Finance Projects and Fund Sources. We recommend the Legislature weigh the trade ‑offs associated with using up ‑front cash versus lease revenue bonds for CHP and DMV projects, such as the resulting implications for the timing and level of costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4710

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

Dec 13, 2023 - A key consideration is that such a shift likely would mean reducing or limiting support for other state programs and priorities —particularly in years when the state does not have a budget surplus —which could raise difficult trade ‑offs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

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

Jan 13, 2025 - This means that, going forward, decisions to balance the budget will involve more difficult trade ‑offs. We recommend the Legislature use the next few months to review program performance to develop its own approach to addressing the deficits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Feb 8, 2024 - We recommend the Legislature explore the various available options for ensuring OIG is able to hire and compensate sufficiently qualified staff, including requesting information from the administration regarding the trade-offs and technicalities of po tential alternatives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

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

Feb 13, 2023 - Using SHA to Backfill Reductions in Other Programs Means Less for Highways … While utilizing SHA funds to backfill General Fund reductions would come with some benefits, this approach is not without trade ‑offs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4676

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

Jan 13, 2023 - Alternatively, the Legislature could add new out ‑year trigger reductions —in which spending triggers off under certain conditions —or by using other budget solutions, such as revenue increases or cost shifts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2022-23 Budget: Highway Violence Task Force

Feb 14, 2022 - In order to effectively weigh the trade ‑offs of different alternatives, the Legislature could request that CHP assess specific alternatives and present a modified proposal later this spring. Approve Positions and Funding for Investigative Supports.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4533

The 2022-23 Budget: Transportation Infrastructure Package

Feb 15, 2022 - Trade ‑Offs in Using Competitive Process to Distribute Transit and Rail Funding. The state currently has several programs that fund transit and rail projects, with some allocating funds competitively and others providing formula ‑based funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4536