The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - The legislation authorizes DOF to augment this amount by up to $20  million. All augmentations shall be authorized no sooner than 30 days after written notification to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A  2018   report  by the State Coastal Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy found that 55 percent of California’s existing coastal habitats are highly vulnerable to five feet of sea‑level rise, including 60 percent of the state’s iconic beaches and 58 percent of its marshes. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - 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. Growth in CHP ’s expenditures, however, has been outpacing the MVA ’s revenue increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The remaining $200  million would be allocated to the state ’s 61 local health jurisdictions (LHJs) (58 counties and 3 cities), with funding allocated based in part on each LHJ ’s population share, level of poverty, and racial/ethnic make ‑up.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The Governor has signaled interest in changing the state ’s reserve policy by: (1)  increasing the cap on BSA required deposits from 10  percent of General Fund taxes to 20  percent of General Fund taxes, and (2)  excluding the state ’s reserve deposits from the state appropriations limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - (This team was initiated when the department received $2.7  million from the General Fund in both 2021-22 and 2022-23 for 20 positions.) Encampment coordinators are tasked with managing encampment cleanups on the state highway system by working with Caltrans ’ maintenance staff, local governments, law enforcement, and service providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804

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

Jan 13, 2023 - Less  than 20  percent of the total spending solutions are reductions. Cost Shifts In addition to spending solutions, we estimate the Governor ’s budget includes $4.3  billion in cost shifts. Cost shifts occur when the state moves costs between entities or fund sources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

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

May 17, 2021 - Other Major Adjustments Reduce Costs by $3  Billion. In addition to revenues and constitutional requirements, other budgetary costs are, on net, lower by $3  billion compared to January. This relatively small number obscures many billions of dollars in budgetary changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - The 2024 ‑25 budget provides a total of $3  million on an ongoing basis from the Public Transportation Account for the High-Speed Rail Authority Office of the Inspector General. This is an increase of $2  million from the estimated 2023 ‑24 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925