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

May 17, 2021 - The Legislature can use excess revenues in three ways: (1)  appropriate more money for purposes excluded from the SAL (under the Governor ’s proposal, the common new spending for this purpose is capital outlay), (2)  split the excess between additional school and community college district spending and taxpayer rebates, or (3)  lower tax revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - While the administration has not yet provided specific details around which positions and activities it is reducing to achieve these savings —or how service levels might be impacted —it has stated that it is not reducing public safety positions at CHP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, low ‑income households have less money to purchase and operate air conditioning units during extreme heat events, air filters to moderate wildfire smoke, or back ‑up electricity generators to provide electricity during Public Safety Power Shutoff events.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - While the budget included significant one-time General Fund augmentations for Caltrans in 2021-22 as part of the Transportation Infrastructure Package discussed above, what might have been a year-to-year funding decline due to those funds not bein g sustained in 2022-23 is largely offset by (1)  gradual year-over-year funding increases from the federal IIJA (discussed more
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628

The 2022-23 Budget: Highway Violence Task Force

Feb 14, 2022 - When a violent crime occurs on state highways, CHP officers in the near vicinity—who generally are on road patrol duty—get called to the scene. These officers often become the primary investigators of the crime that occurred, and lead in collecting evidence, investigating criminal offenses, and submitting associated reports.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4533

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

Jan 13, 2022 - The Legislature may wish to request additional information about how the current spending plan provisions tie to the findings from its legislatively required pandemic response review that was intended to identify gaps and problems in the public health system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - The MVA ’s primary source of revenue is from vehicle registration fees, as well as —to a lesser degree —from driver ’s license and identification card fees. CHP receives roughly 60  percent of the MVA revenues ($3  billion) annually, with most of the remainder supporting activities at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

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

Dec 13, 2023 - Are the costs of maintaining and improving the state’s transportation system paid by those who use and benefit from the system? Equity. How are the impacts distributed amongst various groups, such as by income level and/or geography?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals [Publication Details]

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