The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - Augmentations within CHP ’s 2025-26 budget include: Capitol Security. The budget provides $8  million on a one-time basis from MVA to cover overtime costs associated with providing protection and security at the State Capitol Complex.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

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

May 17, 2021 - CAC = California Arts Council; CalVet = California Department of Veterans Affairs; CDE = California Department of Education; CDFA = California Department of Food and Agriculture; CDI = California Department of Insurance; CDT = California Department of Technology; SOC = Security Operations Center; IT = information technology; CMD = California Military Department; CPUC = California
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432/6

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - A different data source —the state Position Vacancy Report , which calculates the average annual vacancy rate across all types of staff in the department excluding temporary positions—reports an even higher vacancy rate: 13.6 percent as of 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2022-23 Budget: Clean California Local Grant Program

Feb 10, 2022 - Recommendation Reject Additional Funding for CCLGP Until More Data on Project Outcomes Are Available. We recommend the Legislature reject the Governor ’s proposal to provide an additional $100  million for CCLGP in 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4526

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

Dec 13, 2023 - Results largely proved such a charge would be feasible, but the final report noted key areas of further research that were needed to ensure driver privacy and data security and to prevent fraud. Regional Pilot.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

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

Feb 8, 2024 - This provision could be an important tool for OIG to secure any additional resource needs that it may identify outside of the standard budget cycle, particularly as it is first launching and determining its funding requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

The 2022-23 Budget: Highway Violence Task Force

Feb 14, 2022 - From January  2020  through October 2021, CHP reported that 25  percent of the shootings with available data were associated with road rage and 8  percent were associated with gang ‑related crimes. Although these initial data are valuable, longitudinal data are needed to better understand the factors driving the increase in highway shootings and the extent to which the relative impact of each factor has changed over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4533

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

Feb 15, 2022 - The lack of data standards has for many years caused supply chain inefficiencies. Unfortunately, prior international efforts to harmonize data standards among the various stakeholders have been unsuccessful.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 1, 2021 - The budget includes $7.2  million of federal funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act for small and rural transit agencies to expand the use of contactless payment services for transit riders.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4458

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - For the state highway system, Caltrans monitors data on the volume of litter collected and the number of service requests submitted by individuals related to litter. Caltrans does not collect similar data on an ongoing basis related to local streets and roads and public spaces more broadly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961