The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - (The administration indicates it may request that the Legislature take early budget action on the current-year proposal.) As shown in Figure  1, the proposal includes funding for ten categories of activities, with the three largest relating to vehicles (insurance, new vehicle purchases, and fuel).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget also includes (1) $10  million from MVA on a one-time basis to design and develop a State-to-State Verification System pursuant to federal requirements, with a provision that the system shall not be activated to transmit or share data unless specifically authorized by statute prior to July 1, 2026; (2) $4.9  million in 2025-26 (and $3.5  million in 2026-27 and ongoing) from the Truck
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - The department also indicates that it would require local governments to provide a match to receive this state funding. Yet, a one ‑time match similarly does not ensure lasting efforts to address  litter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

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

May 17, 2021 - After making administrative changes and proposing excluded spending, the administrations estimates indicate the state would have excess revenues of $16.2  billion across 20202 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22. The Governor allocates half of these excess revenues —$8.1  billion —to taxpayer rebates for taxpayers with incomes less than $75,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

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

Jan 13, 2025 - We understand that while the administration indicates it will provide this payment in the future—after the final calculation of the minimum funding requirement—it also has not scored this future obligation in its multiyear budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Dec 13, 2023 - Results indicated that there could be success in collecting a road charge from the technologies studied. Public and Private Roads Pilot. This federally ‑funded pilot tested the ability of current global positioning system technologies to differentiate between public and private roads in a road charge system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

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

May 17, 2021 - CDPH = California Department of Public Health; COVID ‑19 = coronavirus disease 2019; CHHS = California Health and Human Services Agency; HHS = Health and Human Services; GARE = Government Alliance on Race and Equity; EMSA = Emergency Medical Services Authority; CalAIM = California Advancing and Innovating Medi ‑Cal; ICF ‑DDs = Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432/2

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

May 17, 2021 - ADRC = Aging and Disability Resources Centers; Cal ‑OAR = CalWORKs Outcomes and Accountability Review; IT = information technology; FFPSA = Federal Family First Prevention Services Act; DCSD = Department of Community Services and Development; DDS = Department of Developmental Services; DOR = Department of Rehabilitation; DSS = Department of Social Services; HDAP=Housing and Disability Advocacy
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432/5

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

Feb 8, 2024 - However, OIG indicates that it currently does not have access to this position classification—which is used by the State Controller’s Office (SCO)—nor to similar classifications used by the California State Auditor (CSA) and the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

The 2022-23 Budget: Clean California Local Grant Program

Feb 10, 2022 - The administration indicates that it will submit a report to the Legislature this spring that will provide an update on state beautification and CCLGP projects. However, this report likely will not provide sufficient information for the Legislature to determine whether additional funding for CCLGP is warranted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4526