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

Jan 13, 2025 - The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - These include activities such as (1)  having a local leader sign a pledge, (2)  establishing an informal advisory board, (3)  conducting an initial litter assessment, (4)  organizing community cleanups, and (5)  creating a long ‑term plan for keeping communities clean.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

High-Speed Rail 2025 Project Update Report [Publication Details]

Mar 27, 2025 - Presented to: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 5 On Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5022

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

May 17, 2021 - As shown in Figure  5, the Governor proposes allocating nearly $10  billion of this total to pay down deferred payments from previous years, $5  billion (including $2.1  billion ongoing) for high-poverty schools and districts, nearly $1.4  billion for community colleges, and the remainder (roughly $6  billion) for other K-12 spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

Federal Stimulus Funds for Transit

Apr 15, 2020 - However, these measures are not expected to be sufficient to make up the revenue losses transit providers are facing due to the pandemic. CARES Act Provides California Transit Agencies $3.7  Billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4220

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, low ‑income households have less money to purchase and operate air conditioning units during extreme heat events, air filters to moderate wildfire smoke, or back ‑up electricity generators to provide electricity during Public Safety Power Shutoff events.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - The budget package includes trailer legislation that raises the share of Proposition  1A bond funds that can be used for HSRA ’s administrative expenses (known as the administrative spending cap) from 2.5  percent to 5  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925

Impact of COVID-19 on State Transportation Revenues

Sep 17, 2020 - STA —which is funded with 73  percent of the revenue collected from the diesel sales tax —makes up the largest share of state funds provided to transit agencies. The program distributes funding on a formula basis to transit agencies for operational and capital support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4268?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=4268

Impact of COVID-19 on State Transportation Revenues

Sep 17, 2020 - STA —which is funded with 73  percent of the revenue collected from the diesel sales tax —makes up the largest share of state funds provided to transit agencies. The program distributes funding on a formula basis to transit agencies for operational and capital support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4268

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

Jan 13, 2022 - For 2022 ‑23, the guarantee is up $8.2  billion (8.8  percent) relative to the 2021 ‑22  enacted budget level. These increases —combined with nearly $1.6  billion freed up from the expiration of various one ‑time Proposition  98 costs —make $17.7  billion available for new commitments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492