The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - The additional state staff are expected to reduce contract costs, resulting in net savings to the state of $9  million. (HSRA estimates it currently spends around $22  million for consultants to undertake this work.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The  main differences between our estimates  include: Revenue Estimates Higher by $9   Billion. Over the budget window —2023 ‑24 through 2025 ‑ 26 —the administration ’s estimates of revenues (excluding policy proposals) are higher than our November 2024 estimate by $9  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - 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. (The total number of authorized officer positions for the department has remained roughly the same since 2012.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Specifically, the administration forecasts operating deficits ranging from $4  billion to $9  billion over the multiyear period. We recommend the Legislature avoid enacting a budget that plans for future deficits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

High-Speed Rail 2025 Project Update Report [Publication Details]

Mar 26, 2025 - Presented to: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5020

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Researchers suggest that particulate matter in fire‑prone areas could roughly double by the end of the century, and that a 50 percent increase in wildfire smoke could increase deaths of older adults by an additional 9 to 20 per 100,000 people annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - These actions include shifting nearly $300 million in previous General Fund augmentations for climate‑ and environmental‑related programs to instead be supported by the new Proposition 4 climate bond.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - The budget includes a total of $10.6  million from the General Fund over three years —$4  million in 2022-23 and $3.3  million in 2023-24 and 2024- 25 —for CHP to support its Highway Violence Task Force.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628

The 2022-23 Budget: Highway Violence Task Force

Feb 14, 2022 - Governor ’s Proposal Provides $4  Million for the Highway Violence Task Force. The Governor ’s budget includes a total of $10.6  million General Fund support over three years —$4  million in 2022 ‑23 and $3.3  million in 2023 ‑24 and 2024 ‑ 25 —for CHP to support its Highway Violence Task Force.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4533

The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions

Feb 23, 2024 - In this brief we (1) provide background on recent funding augmentations in transportation; (2) describe the Governor’s proposed transportation budget solutions; (3) discuss our assessment and recommendations for the Governor’s proposals; and (4) discuss potential additional solutions the Legislature could consider.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4854