The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - In order to remain solvent, MVA expenditures and revenues must be brought into balance. As such, we recommend that the Legislature develop a plan to address MVA’s structural deficit on an ongoing basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

The 2022-23 Budget: Highway Violence Task Force

Feb 14, 2022 - In order to effectively weigh the trade ‑offs of different alternatives, the Legislature could request that CHP assess specific alternatives and present a modified proposal later this spring. Approve Positions and Funding for Investigative Supports.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4533

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - CalSTA must approve an agency ’s long-term plan in order for it to be eligible to receive TIRCP funding in 2026-27 or subsequent years. Extends Temporary Penalty Exemptions and Statutory Flexibility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804

The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions

Feb 23, 2024 - Moreover, in the event that the budget condition worsens (our current revenue projections suggest this is likely), the Legislature will need to identify additional solutions in order to meet its constitutional requirement to pass a balanced budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4854

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

Feb 13, 2023 - In order for this restoration to occur, the administration would have to determine that the state has sufficient resources to fund its baseline costs and all of the programs the administration has selected for the trigger.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4676

Impact of COVID-19 on State Transportation Revenues

Sep 17, 2020 - Reductions in economic activity, stay-at-home orders, and increases in telecommuting have reduced driving in the state. As shown in Figure  2, VMT significantly reduced in the months after the Governor signed Executive Order N-33 ‑20 in March, which ordered residents to stay home with certain exceptions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4268

The 2022-23 Budget: Transportation Infrastructure Package

Feb 15, 2022 - In order to guid e future legislative decisions, we find that it is particularly important for the state to conduct robust program evaluations to measure the extent to which new programs are meeting their core objectives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4536

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Transportation

Apr 5, 2022 - In  response to Executive Order N ‑19 ‑19, which called for CalSTA to leverage discretionary state transportation funds to reduce GHG emissions in the transportation sector and adapt to climate change, CalSTA developed ten guiding principles to leverage state transportation dollars to meet the state ’s climate, health, and social equity goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4576

Review of the Draft 2020 High-Speed Rail Business Plan

Mar 13, 2020 - Review of the Draft 2020 High-Speed Rail Business Plan Subsidy of Interim Service Appears Inconsistent With Spirit of Proposition 1A HSRA ’s proposal to use a third ‑party public entity to operate the Merced ‑to ‑Bakersfield interim service in order to facilitate compliance with Proposition  1A does not appear to be consistent with the spirit of the measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4202

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Many existing buildings and infrastructure will need to be modified in order to avoid serious damage from climate change impacts. For instance, due to warmer average temperatures and more frequent heatwaves, school facilities in historically temperate regions may need to consider remodeling playgrounds with more heat ‑resistant materials and shade structures, or adding air conditioning systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575