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

Jan 13, 2025 - These higher costs are more than offset by a range of other areas where the administration’s cost estimates are lower. For example, constitutionally required debt payments are $1.1 billion lower under the administration’s estimates and the administration scores a higher entering fund balance—largely due to over $1 billion in additional revenue accruals—in 2023‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Damage to Private Property and Public Infrastructure Wide Range of Structures and Facilities Face Threat of Damage. A changing climate and more frequent disasters will impact many existing buildings and structures across the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Specifically, the administration forecasts operating deficits ranging from $4  billion to $9  billion over the multiyear period. We recommend the Legislature avoid enacting a budget that plans for future deficits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

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

Feb 15, 2022 - Project Costs Range Widely. Costs for port, freight, and goods movement infrastructure vary significantly. For example, the 2020 California Freight Mobility Plan identified more than 300  freight projects that could be implemented in the next several years, and these project costs ranged from $350,000 to $6  billion, with the median cost at about $50  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Transportation

Apr 5, 2022 - As the climate changes, statewide transportation systems are already beginning to experience a range of impacts, such as sea‑level rise undermining coastal railways and bridges, intense storms causing mudslides and flooding of highways, and heatwaves leading to buckling and rutting of roads.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4576

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

Dec 13, 2023 - Some studies suggest that collection and enforcement costs associated with a road charge could range from 5 percent to 13 percent of collected revenues. However, even with greater administrative costs, a road charge likely would yield more revenues over the long run when compared to fuel taxes given the continued shift towards more fuel ‑efficient vehicles and ZEVs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

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

Jan 13, 2022 - In addition to the proposals identified above, the Governor ’s budget includes numerous other proposals across a wide range of policy areas —such as education, workforce development, and transportation —to which the Governor draws a nexus to climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492