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 - (In addition to the amounts shown, the Governor proposes using $1.5  billion of ARP fiscal relief funds to pay for the sate share of direct coronavirus disease 2019 expenditures, resulting in lower General Fund costs by that amount.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

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)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Similarly, rural communities that are at greater risk of experiencing water shortages due to droughts tend to be home to large proportions of households with residents of color and who earn lower incomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Dec 13, 2023 - This is because the increase would be applied uniformly regardless of income—so responding to an increased charge of 10 cents per gallon, for example, would require dedicating a larger proportional share of monthly expenditures for a lower‑earning household as compared to households with more resources upon which to draw.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

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

Jan 13, 2022 - Credit recipients would be required to share future profits with the state. GO ‑Biz would allocate $100  million in credits per year for three years. LAO Comment: Effective Incentives Require Thoughtful Design and Timing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - The budget package includes trailer legislation that raises the share of Proposition  1A bond funds that can be used for HSRA ’s administrative expenses (known as the administrative spending cap) from 2.5  percent to 5  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - The budget package provides a total of $33.2 billion for transportation-related programs in 2023-24, including for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA), local streets and roads (shared revenues), California Highway Patrol (CHP), Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), and High-Speed Rail Authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - The budget package provides a total of $33 billion for transportation-related programs in 2022-23, including for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA), local streets and roads (shared revenues), California Highway Patrol (CHP), Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), and High-Speed Rail Authority (HSRA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - Large Share of Remaining Funding Has Already Been Committed for Specific Projects. Notably, even though $4  billion from the multiyear package displayed in the figure remains subject to budget appropriations in 2025 ‑26 and the subsequent two fiscal years, for over half of these funds the  administering departments have already made grant awards and committed to specific projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961