Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Costs for cities and counties might include adding drainage to roads to manage more intense rain events, or modifying water treatment plants located along the coast to accommodate higher sea levels. …And Private Residents and Businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - Other actions provided longer ‑term solutions, including (1)  ending a previous practice of transferring about $90  million annually from MVA to the General Fund, (2)  authorizing vehicle registration fees to be adjusted annually based on the percent change in the California Consumer Price Index to account for inflation, (3)  shifting certain programs from MVA to other fund
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

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

Dec 13, 2023 - For example, it could consider adopting a moderate increase to vehicle fees to help “buy time” and avoid major impacts from revenue declines over the next few years while it takes steps to develop and implement a more permanent (and potentially complicated) longer‑term solution , such as a road charge.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - To help address these issues, the budget package provides new funding, flexibilities, and oversight, along with establishing a taskforce to recommend longer-term transit improvements and reforms. Provides New Funding and Flexibility for Transit Operations and Capital Programs … To give transit agencies additional tools to address potential operating shortfalls, the budget package provides flexibility over the use of funding within two programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804

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 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 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The proposed spending plan describes overarching goals for use of the funding, while the department notes that many of the specific implementation details would be worked out through planning over the coming year or longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

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 - Transportation

Apr 5, 2022 - However, in many cases, efforts that help to avoid future damages and costs could bring significant longer‑term economic benefits for certain regions and the state compared to if they were not undertaken.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4576