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 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

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 - 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

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - The budget includes $20.8  million from the General Fund through Caltrans to support four local transportation projects, including: (1) $8  million to repair storm damage to bluffs in Crescent City, (2) $5  million for the Active Transportation Program to support bike lanes that connect disadvantaged communities to higher education facilities and job centers, (3) $4  million to
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925

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

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 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - While the budget included significant one-time General Fund augmentations for Caltrans in 2021-22 as part of the Transportation Infrastructure Package discussed above, what might have been a year-to-year funding decline due to those funds not bein g sustained in 2022-23 is largely offset by (1)  gradual year-over-year funding increases from the federal IIJA (discussed more below), and (2)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628

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 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