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

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The underlying budget dynamics today are particularly challenging for three reasons. First, revenues have not caught up with expenditures. Second, under our estimates, expenditure growth exceeds estimated revenue growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Jan 13, 2023 - (That is, in our view, these costs would not have occurred absent legislative action and as a result do not contribute to the budget problem the Legislature faces today.) Comparison to LAO November Outlook.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget language also directs any loan or other financing options developed to (1)  ensure full repayment with an agreed-upon interest rate, (2)  follow a clearly defined repayment schedule, and (3)  include a guaranteed mechanism to secure repayment from a reliable and predictable revenue source.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - More Frequent and Intense Droughts Warmer temperatures also contribute to more frequent and intense droughts by leading to a decline in and faster melting of winter snowpack, greater rates of evaporation, and drier soils.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Dec 13, 2023 - Because the rate at which anticipated impacts occur will depend on various factors, how quickly the funding shortfalls will materialize and when additional actions will be needed still are uncertain.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

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

Feb 8, 2024 - While the administration ’s perspective is that a notification was not required under the statute since the total amount of funding provided matches what OIG requested for 2024 ‑25, DOF did change the proposal materially.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - The pilot program is expected to begin in 2024 and, in accordance with the legislation, will test two types of rates —a flat per-mile rate and a variable per-mile rate based on a vehicle ’s fuel economy rating.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628

The 2022-23 Budget: Highway Violence Task Force

Feb 14, 2022 - Of the $4  million proposed for 2022 ‑23, $2.2  million would support overtime costs to fund additional CHP officers on road patrol duty, particularly in locations where higher rates of violent crime are occurring.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4533