The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - While addressing litter issues at the local level may be a worthwhile goal, it does not fall within the core responsibilities of the state—a distinction which is especially important in a budget environment with limited General Fund resources where the state may find it challenging to address its own areas of responsibility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Moreover, specific budgetary conditions occurring this year —including legislative action taken last year to withdraw more in reserves this year —make interpretation of the budget position more complex.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - The budget package also includes trailer legislation to make technical amendments to Chapter  71 and facilitate the successful startup of the office. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Costs for cities and counties might include adding drainage to roads to manage more intense rain events, or modifying water treatment plants located along the coast to accommodate higher sea levels. …And Private Residents and Businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Transportation

Apr 5, 2022 - 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

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

Jan 24, 2020 - While various local revenue sources —such as local general funds and sales taxes —make up a majority of the funding for streets and roads, cities and counties also depend on federal and state funds. A major source of state funding for streets and roads is through shared revenues, which is generated from about one-third of the state ’s excise taxes on gasoline and diesel.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

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

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

Dec 13, 2023 - In cases where programs distribute funding to local governments, such as for local streets and roads and the State Transit Assistance program, the magnitude of the impacts will vary across jurisdictions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

Overview of the 2017 Transportation Funding Package

Jun 8, 2017 - As previously indicated, one area where the legislation does not explicitly allocate funding is between state highway maintenance and rehabilitation programs. In his May Revision, the Governor allocates slightly more funding from the new revenues to highway maintenance as compared to rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3688

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

Feb 8, 2024 - However, we identify some potential barriers to the successful and independent operation of the new office, including (1)  the temporary nature of some of the proposed positions for OIG, (2)  OIG ’s lack of authority to use a requested auditor classification, and (3)  two areas where the provision of additional information to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) could help preserve OIG ’s budgetary independence.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833