The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - A different data source —the state Position Vacancy Report , which calculates the average annual vacancy rate across all types of staff in the department excluding temporary positions—reports an even higher vacancy rate: 13.6 percent as of 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - These trends will be even more severe in some inland counties. For example, in Fresno County, the historical trends of five days of extreme heat per year are projected to increase to 29 days annually between 2035 and 2064 and 43 days annually between 2070 and 2099.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

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

Jan 13, 2022 - The state calculates the minimum guarantee each year using formulas in the State Constitution. The guarantee encompasses state General Fund revenue as well as local property tax revenue. Compared with the estimates in the June 2021 budget plan, the administration revises its estimates of the guarantee up $2.5  billion (2.7  percent) in 2020 ‑21 and $5.3  billion (5.7  percent) in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

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

Dec 13, 2023 - For instance, some counties have voter‑approved sales tax measures that dedicate funding to transportation purposes, such as local streets and roads and/or transit, meaning state funds make up a smaller share of their overall programmatic support budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - (Self-help counties are those that have passed local sales tax measures dedicated to transportation improvements.) California Highway Patrol The budget provides $3  billion for CHP in 2023-24, which represents a reduction of $106  million (3  percent) relative to 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - As we discuss in our January 2025 report, The 2025‑26 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Budget , overall, the Governor proposes $2.2 billion in actions that would create capacity in the General Fund to support $570 million of discretionary proposals (including this proposal), $150 million of tax expenditures, and a larger discretionary reserve than the state typically plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts presents a wide range of facts and trends about the state's economy, finances, and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

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

May 17, 2021 - For example, the Governor counts $27  billion in constitutionally required spending on schools and community colleges, nearly $8  billion in required reserve deposits, and $3  billion in required debt payments in his calculation of the surplus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - The budget includes $20.8  million from the General Fund through Caltrans to support four local transportation projects, including: (1) $8  million to repair storm damage to bluffs in Crescent City, (2) $5  million for the Active Transportation Program to support bike lanes that connect disadvantaged communities to higher education facilities and job centers, (3) $4  million to support operations
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925