The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - All augmentations shall be authorized no sooner than 30 days after written notification to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. Budget Does Not Include Previously Planned GGRF for Highways to Boulevards Pilot Program.
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  2, the department ’s uniformed officer vacancy rate including temporary positions, is still well above the pre-pandemic levels. Specifically, while the vacancy rate was 2.8  percent in 2019, it then rose to over 9  percent in 2021, and remained at 6.6  percent as of 2024, per the most recent data available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - However, this would not be sufficient on its own to address the fund condition and would lead to increased cost pressures in the near future because the principal and interest for the loan still would need to be repaid by June 30, 2030.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

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

Feb 8, 2024 - The package also included budget bill language that allows the Department of Finance (DOF) to approve an additional midyear augmentation of up to $1  million no sooner than 30 days after notifying JLBC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - First, it provides $4.5  million annually from the General Fund from 2023-24 through 2025-26 for Caltrans to continue and expand its encampment coordinator team to 30 positions. (This team was initiated when the department received $2.7  million from the General Fund in both 2021-22 and 2022-23 for 20 positions.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - This prohibition is in effect until the Merced-to-Bakersfield segment is fully funded or through June 30, 2030, whichever occurs sooner. Limiting the use of the $4.2  billion Proposition  1A appropriation to the Merced-to-Bakersfield segment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628

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

Feb 15, 2022 - Specifically, the proposed package consists of (1) $1.2 billion for the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) to fund port, freight, and goods movement infrastructure; (2) $110 million for the California Workforce Development Board (CWDB) to establish a goods movement workforce training campus; (3) $40 million for the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to increase
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Specifically, the Governor ’s budget assumes (1)  a $620  million ($230  million General Fund) reduction through the permanent elimination of 6,500 vacant positions and associated funding and (2)  a $1.5  billion ($820  million General Fund) in 2024 ‑25 and $2  billion ($1.2  billion General Fund) in 2025 ‑26 and ongoing reduction to state operations expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - This is an increase of $2  million from the estimated 2023 ‑24 level. The funds will support 14 new permanent staff positions. These new positions, along with the recently appointed Inspector General, will launch the office, which was created by Chapter  71 of 2022 (SB  198, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925