The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - A different data source —the state Position Vacancy Report , which calculates the average annual vacancy rate across all types of staff in the department excluding temporary positions—reports an even higher vacancy rate: 13.6 percent as of 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget language also directs any loan or other financing options developed to (1)  ensure full repayment with an agreed-upon interest rate, (2)  follow a clearly defined repayment schedule, and (3)  include a guaranteed mechanism to secure repayment from a reliable and predictable revenue source.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Reauthorization of AB 8 Vehicle Fees

Feb 24, 2023 - The Legislature could require the program to further prioritize these communities, such as by adding a focus on multiunit dwellings, given that existing chargers are more heavily located in affluent areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4708

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - More Frequent and Intense Droughts Warmer temperatures also contribute to more frequent and intense droughts by leading to a decline in and faster melting of winter snowpack, greater rates of evaporation, and drier soils.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

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

Dec 13, 2023 - Because the rate at which anticipated impacts occur will depend on various factors, how quickly the funding shortfalls will materialize and when additional actions will be needed still are uncertain.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

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

Feb 27, 2023 - Adding additional commitments to the fund —such as the $25  million in annual debt service for current proposed projects and additional debt service for forthcoming projects —would accelerate the fund ’s anticipated insolvency and necessitate legislative action to address the fund condition somewhat sooner than would  otherwise  be  the  case.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4710

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - The budget includes budget trailer legislation that permanently extends provisions —which had expired on January 1, 2023 —that limit the administrative indirect cost recovery rate that Caltrans can charge to self-help counties to no more than 10  percent of the department ’s direct costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804

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

Feb 8, 2024 - The IG ’s proposed work plan envisions that OIG will conduct six programmatic reviews annually, as well as investigate complaints (such as from whistleblowers) and conduct ad hoc reviews. We summarize OIG ’s work plan for 2024 ‑25 in Figure  1.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - The pilot program is expected to begin in 2024 and, in accordance with the legislation, will test two types of rates —a flat per-mile rate and a variable per-mile rate based on a vehicle ’s fuel economy rating.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628