The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions

Feb 23, 2024 - First, revenues from both accounts are restricted to specific transportation purposes under the California Constitution, so some limitations exist regarding which activities they could be redirected to support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4854

The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - Issues for Legislative Consideration The Legislature may want to modify the Governor ’s proposal so that it best address its priorities. Some factors that merit legislative consideration include: Role of the State.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

Review of the Draft 2020 High-Speed Rail Business Plan

Mar 13, 2020 - The analysis assumes the completion of other transportation capital projects, such as the rerouting of the existing San Joaquins service so it would serve a new station planned for high ‑speed rail. Currently, San Joaquins serves a station in Merced that is 1. 2 m iles from the HSRA ’s planned station in Merced.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4202

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

Feb 13, 2023 - In several cases, we find the Governor ’s proposals to be reasonable, but so too would alternative decisions the Legislature could make instead of or in addition to the Governor ’s  selections. Use Spring Budget Process to Identify Additional Potential Budget Solutions in Transportation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4676

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - While the surplus is large enough to make significant inroads in addressing a few key policy priorities, it is unlikely sufficient to do so across the number of issues contemplated in the May Revision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - While the administration is not required by law to plan for future positive balances in the SFEU beyond the budget year, doing so is prudent. A positive SFEU balance generally reflects a budget that is balanced.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

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

Jan 13, 2023 - The Legislature can choose to set the SFEU balance at any level above zero and so our Fiscal Outlook did not assume a specific balance. (Recent budgets have enacted SFEU balances around $2  billion to $4  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - This includes funds for (1)  overtime costs so that additional CHP officers can serve on road patrol duty; (2)  seven Associate Governmental Program Analyst positions to provide analytical and investigatory support to the task force; and (3)  training, information technology, and equipment to support criminal investigations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Reauthorization of AB 8 Vehicle Fees

Feb 24, 2023 - While the state ’s goals have evolved notably since the Legislature enacted A B  118 and A B  8 , so too have the sources and amounts of funding to improve air quality and vehicle emissions. For example, cap ‑and ‑trade auction revenues that flow into the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) have increased from $257  million in 2012 ‑13 to more than $3  billion annually in recent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4708

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Under our revenue estimates, this allows the state to maintain a positive operating surplus so that risks to the bottom line, such as revenue reductions and changes in federal policy, are less likely to result in budget deficits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135