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

May 17, 2021 - How Can These Monies Be Used? In a normal budget year, General Fund surplus monies are available to use for any public purposes. This is not necessarily the case in this May Revision. That is because the SAL, which limits how the state can use revenues that exceed a specified threshold, is salient to the state budget process this year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Jan 13, 2022 - As a result, it will be important to consider how state funding can best complement federal funds, particularly in the areas of water, energy, and transportation, where significant amounts of funding are anticipated, but not yet allocated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Transportation

Apr 5, 2022 - How can the state avoid working at cross purposes with climate resiliency? How can the state incorporate climate change impacts into transportation infrastructure processes? How can the state support local development of climate ‑resilient transportation infrastructure?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4576

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - One key question will be what role state programs and policies can and should play in adapting to climate change, including how they interact with local adaptation activities, and how they should be funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

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

Dec 13, 2023 - As noted in our 2022 report, Assessing California’s Climate Policies—The 2022 Scoping Plan Update , the plan lacks key details on how the state can align itself with the pathway identified. In many cases, the plan’s estimated reductions are driven primarily by assumptions developed by CARB, without a specific strategy for how those assumed outcomes might be achieved.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

The 2022-23 Budget: Transportation Infrastructure Package

Feb 15, 2022 - The Legislature will want to consider how additional state funding for transportation infrastructure can complement these federal funds —supporting legislative priorities where federal funds are not as significant or are absent —as well as how state funding can help California be competitive in receiving discretionary federal  grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4536

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

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

Feb 15, 2022 - The Legislature will want to consider how the state can best leverage state funds to maximize federal funding, as well as how the state can target fundin g to fill any gaps in the federal funding that are legislative priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540