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 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - Department of Motor Vehicles The budget provides $1.46  billion for DMV in 2025-26, which is slightly less ($26  million) than the estimated 2024-25 expenditure level. Digital eXperience Platform (DXP) Project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - As we discuss in further detail in our publication, The 2025‑26 Budget: Cap‑and‑Trade Expenditure Plan, GGRF revenues are subject to substantial uncertainty and are trending lower than forecasted in the current year.
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 - It also further requires that, in making these selections, the IG must ensure that those officers and employees have the requisite training and experience to enable the office to carry out its duties effectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Reauthorization of AB 8 Vehicle Fees

Feb 24, 2023 - The Legislature could require the program to further prioritize these communities, such as by adding a focus on multiunit dwellings, given that existing chargers are more heavily located in affluent areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4708

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

Dec 13, 2023 - Second, consistent with the Scoping Plan assumptions, this scenario assumes that the state is able to reduce per capita VMT for light‑duty vehicles, which will lead to further declines in gasoline consumption.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

The 2022-23 Budget: Highway Violence Task Force

Feb 14, 2022 - CHP is currently using salary savings from these vacant positions to pay for necessary overtime to maintain current levels of service to the public. Given that CHP is not fully staffed and already requiring some level of overtime for officers due to the vacancies, addressing highway shootings mainly through the increased use of overtime might overextend the current CHP workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4533

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

Jan 13, 2025 - This  would result in maintaining prior funding levels for these activities but would preclude this amount of Proposition  4 funds from supporting expanded service levels or additional projects. Spending and Tax Expenditure Proposals New Spending Proposals of Nearly $600   Million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - This is roughly the same amount as the estimated 2023 ‑24 expenditure level. A few notable new augmentations include the following: Establishes Ongoing Funding for Expanded California Integrated Travel Project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - This expansion is a component of the Public Safety Package, which is discussed in further detail in the Judiciary and Criminal Justice Spending Plan post . Sideshow Task Force. The budget includes $5.5  million on a one-time basis from the General Fund in 2022-23 for CHP to establish a task force focused on investigating sideshows.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628