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

Feb 8, 2024 - This level of staffing provides sufficient auditors to conduct six programmatic reviews annually, as well as an estimated 900 hours annually to respond to whistleblower complaints and 2000 hours annually to respond to workload requests from the Legislature, Governor, and HSRA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - This is a net reduction of $4.9  billion (nearly 80  percent) from the estimated 2021-22 level. This decrease is largely a result of $4.2  billion in one-time Proposition  1A funding provided in 2021-22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628

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

Dec 13, 2023 - Funding provided to cities and counties for local streets and roads will also experience significant reductions under this scenario, decreasing by $900 million (26 percent) by 2034‑35. While the other programs displayed in the figure will experience smaller reductions in terms of total dollars, it is important to note that they are more reliant on fuel tax revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

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

Jan 13, 2022 - Chapter  17 of 2021  (A B  80 , Burke) conformed state law with federal tax treatment of most other federal pandemic ‑related economic relief programs. Conforming to the federal tax treatment of the SVOG and RRF grants would be consistent with that previous action.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492