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

Dec 13, 2023 - Key Considerations for Weighing Various Options. We identify four key criteria the Legislature can use to help guide its evaluation of options for addressing declining state transportation revenues: “User‑Pays” Principle.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - These developments could prove helpful in the future because an adequate number of workers who have the needed skills is a key element of smooth operations at the ports. Unclear if Workforce Shortage Exists or if Training Is Key Bottleneck.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Two key areas where these savings have eroded are in the managed care organization (MCO) tax package and reductions to state operations. These are described in the box below. The forthcoming Appendix 1 will also provide a full list of the solutions from the 2024 ‑25 budget package that generate savings in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Transportation

Apr 5, 2022 - Figure 2 Climate Change Impacts on Transportation: Key Issues for Legislative Consideration How do the merits of preparing for changing conditions compare with the consequences of failing to prepare?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4576

The 2022-23 Budget: Clean California Local Grant Program

Feb 10, 2022 - As mentioned earlier, Caltrans is statutorily required to report on key project outcomes of CCLGP as part of the 2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑24 budgets. Given that CCLGP is a new program, the reported outcomes are intended to provide the Legislature with information on how effectively the program met its core objectives, which could then be used to guide future funding decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4526

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Introduction This report contains four primary sections: (1)  a description of the five key climate hazards affecting California, (2)  the major ways those hazards impact sectors across the state, (3)  significant existing state ‑level efforts underway to address climate change impacts, and (4)  key issues for the Legislature to consider in response to these impacts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Feb 8, 2024 - Some of the key provisions relate to the following: OIG Responsibilities. Chapter  71 specified various responsibilities for OIG, such as conducting audits and investigations and reviewing HSRA business plans, contracts, and proposed agreements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

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

Jan 13, 2022 - Some of the key new climate ‑change proposals and packages include: ZEV Package. The 2021 ‑22 budget agreement included a total of $3.9  billion over three years for various programs to support ZEVs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

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

May 17, 2021 - While the surplus is large enough to make significant inroads in addressing a few key policy priorities, it is unlikely sufficient to do so across the number of issues contemplated in the May Revision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

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

Feb 27, 2023 - This is not only because the fund source is a key component of any proposal, but also because, in this case, the two potential options for fund sources  for repayments —the MVA and General Fund —both have important implications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4710