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

Jan 13, 2025 - As such, if the Legislature wishes to have substantively more reserves available when responding to downturns or other emergencies, we would recommend also changing the formulas that set aside funds each year to increase how much is saved.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Transportation

Dec 21, 2018 - Determine How Infrastructure Spending Is Best Targeted. Researchers seem to agree that there are market failure ‑based reasons for some public spending on ZEV infrastructure. However, it would be valuable to have more definitive research into a couple of key questions around how much and where to place that infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/report/3912

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

Jan 24, 2020 - How Maintenance of Local Streets and Roads Is Funded The 482 cities and 58 counties in California own and maintain over 325,000 lane-miles of local streets and roads, which represents 82  percent of the total lane-miles in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - Moreover, the General Fund does not currently have much capacity to take on new expenditur es without impacting existing commitments. Increase Revenues. The Legislature could take steps to increase MVA revenues, such as by increasing DMV fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

California's Transportation System

Jun 7, 2018 - California ’s network of local streets and roads was much larger, consisting of about 335, 000 l ane miles. This includes 181, 000 l ane miles of city streets and 155, 000 l ane miles of county roads.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3860

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Transportation

Apr 5, 2022 - How Can the State Support Local Development of Climate Resilient Transportation Infrastructure? In addition to the climate adaptation of the state highway system, local and regional entities —such as transit agencies, cities and counties, regional planning organizations, and port authorities —will need to assess, plan, and implement strategies to make their transportation infrastructure more climate resilient.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4576

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

Dec 13, 2023 - For example, it could consider adopting a moderate increase to vehicle fees to help “buy time” and avoid major impacts from revenue declines over the next few years while it takes steps to develop and implement a more permanent (and potentially complicated) longer‑term solution , such as a road charge.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

Overview of the 2017 Transportation Funding Package

Jun 8, 2017 - Figure  5 shows how much ends up being spent by each type of program. As shown, the largest spending increases are for state highways and local streets and roads. Below, we describe the specific transportation programs that receive the new revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3688

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

The 2017-18 Budget: Transportation Funding Package

Feb 17, 2017 - The Legislature will want to consider its priorities and how they compare to the Governor ’s proposal. In doing this we recommend that the Legislature first determine the level of shared funding for cities and counties and then make the Highway Maintenance Program its highest priority for the state ’s share of new funds, followed by SHOPP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3572