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

Jan 13, 2025 - Two key areas where these savings have eroded are in the managed care organization (MCO) tax package and reductions to state operations. These are described in the box below. The forthcoming Appendix 1 will also provide a full list of the solutions from the 2024 ‑25 budget package that generate savings in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Transportation

Apr 5, 2022 - As such, in areas where prolonged and extreme heatwaves are becoming more common, shifting to paving material that better reflects the sun may prolong the longevity of the roadways. In other regions where flooding and mudslides are becoming more frequent, roads likely will require more permeable materials.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4576

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Certain residents will be more vulnerable to experiencing negative impacts, based on their underlying health conditions, where they live, their jobs, and the level of economic resources upon which they can draw.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Transportation

Dec 21, 2018 - Below, we discuss the major incentive programs where: ( 1)  G HG reductions are a primary goal and/or ( 2)  f unding comes from the GGRF, which receives revenue through a state GHG reduction program (cap ‑and ‑trade).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/report/3912

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

The 2022-23 Budget: Transportation Infrastructure Package

Feb 15, 2022 - The Legislature will want to consider how additional state funding for transportation infrastructure can complement these federal funds —supporting legislative priorities where federal funds are not as significant or are absent —as well as how state funding can help California be competitive in receiving discretionary federal  grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4536

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

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Budget Solutions in Transportation Programs

Feb 13, 2023 - Specifically, they create a dynamic where the Legislature would then need to consider whether it should cut funding that local agencies (1)  had already applied for and/or (2)  had already been promised.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4676

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