The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - For example, based on the number of cars currently registered in California, every $1 increase in registration fees would raise about $36  million. However, this would increase costs for businesses and households that own cars.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - New spending includes $53.1  million from MVA on a one-time basis and 90 temporary positions to complete the vehicle registration phase of the DXP information technology (IT) project. This large project also received one-time funding allocations in 2024-25 and prior years, and will need subsequent appropriations to complete forthcoming phases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 6, 2026 - In this post, we assess the Governor's California Highway Patrol budget proposals for (1) equipment and operating costs and (2) capital outlay projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - As shown in Figure  1, the proposal includes funding for ten categories of activities, with the three largest relating to vehicles (insurance, new vehicle purchases, and fuel). Figure 1 Governor ’s Proposed CHP Equipment and Operating Costs Augmentations (In Millions) Note: Numbers may not add up due to rounding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 1, 2021 - The total amount consists of the following: (1) $418  million over three years to augment Caltrans litter abatement efforts; (2) $287  million over two years for state beautification projects on the state highway system; (3) $296  million over two years for a grant program that supports local beautification and cleanup projects on streets and roads, tribal lands, parks, transit
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4458

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - The budget includes $14  million (just over $13  million from GGRF and $279,000 from Proposition  1A bond funds) on an ongoing basis and authority to hire 67 state staff to replace work currently undertaken by consultants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925

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

Feb 27, 2023 - (For reference, we estimate that roughly $35 million in additional revenue could be generated annually from a $1 increase in the base vehicle registration, and roughly $6 million from a $1 increase in the driver’s license fee.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4710

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - The budget includes a one-year reduction in the diesel sales tax from 13  percent to roughly 9  percent beginning October 1, 2022. This reduction is intended to provide fiscal relief from high fuel costs to drivers and businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628

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

Jan 13, 2025 - In total, the Governor ’s budget assumes that state operations costs are reduced by $2.1  billion ($1  billion General Fund) in 2024 ‑25 and $2.6  billion ($1.4  billion General Fund) in 2025 ‑26 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Dec 13, 2023 - While we estimate total revenues would decline even under the Reference Scenario (by $1.9 billion, or 13 percent), the state’s recently adopted and planned policies will expedite these underlying trends significantly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821