The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - Department States That High Costs and Low Vacancy Rates Have Created Unique Cost Pressures … CHP states that it cannot depend on its historical approach to fund these activities —and therefore needs the proposed supplemental augmentation —because (1)  inflation and other costs like technology upgrades have led to uniquely higher costs, and (2)  it has comparatively lower officer
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

SB 1 Has Doubled Major Source of State Funding for Local Streets and Roads

Jan 24, 2020 - Cities and counties receive equal splits of the shared revenues. City distributions are based on population, whereas county distributions are determined by the number of registered vehicles and miles of maintained county roads.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - These new positions, along with the recently appointed Inspector General, will launch the office, which was created by Chapter  71 of 2022 (SB  198, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review). The budget package also includes trailer legislation to make technical amendments to Chapter  71 and facilitate the successful startup of the office.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - The program will offer competitive grants to local governments and federally recognized tribal governments for litter abatement efforts, with a particular focus on projects that create employment pathways.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions

Feb 23, 2024 - Similar trade ‑offs would apply for any potential redirection from RMRA, which also funds state highway maintenance and rehabilitation projects, along with providing funds to cities and counties for local streets and roads and supporting several smaller programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4854

Overview of the 2017 Transportation Funding Package

Jun 8, 2017 - Additionally, cities and counties must submit to the CTC a list of proposed projects approved by the city council or county board of supervisors. Other Provisions. Other major provisions in the legislation (1)  create an Advance Mitigation Program at Caltrans to protect natural resources and accelerate project delivery, (2)  require Caltrans to
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3688

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - Given the limited General Fund available and uncertain budget context, we recommend the Legislature reject this proposal to create a new local litter abatement grant program. In our assessment, this proposal to create a new program does not meet the high bar for approving new discretionary General Fund spending because (1) local litter abatement is not a core
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

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

Jan 13, 2025 - First, some proposals provide short ‑term budget savings that create more budget capacity. These total $2.2  billion. Second, the Governor ’s budget includes new discretionary proposals that use budget capacity by increasing spending or reducing revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

California's Transportation System

Jun 7, 2018 - Instead, the state has tried alternatives, such as creating fee ‑based express lanes. Driving Fatalities Climbing in Recent Years After Sharp Decline In 2015, vehicle crashes in California caused 3,176 fatalities and 251, 000 i njuries —averaging to about one fatality every three hours and one injury every two minutes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3860

Impact of COVID-19 on State Transportation Revenues

Sep 17, 2020 - Lastly, the economic impacts stemming from the pandemic have created a more favorable bidding environment, reducing the cost for some Caltrans projects in recent months. For example, the department has indi cated that in July 2020, the lowest bids for construction projects were roughly 20  percent lower than the department ’s previous estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4268