The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - For example, CHP offices need to be located close to the highway and large enough to accommodate certain site requirements such as communication towers, patrol vehicles and other law enforcement infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Across the rest of the budget, the administration’s estimates of baseline spending (for example, for caseload growth, federal reimbursements, and statutory cost increases) are lower than ours by $600 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - Department of Motor Vehicles The budget provides $1.46  billion for DMV in 2025-26, which is slightly less ($26  million) than the estimated 2024-25 expenditure level. Digital eXperience Platform (DXP) Project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - For example, based on the number of cars currently registered in California, every $1 increase in registration fees would raise about $36  million. However, this would increase costs for businesses and households that own cars.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

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

Feb 24, 2023 - For example, A B  8 fee revenues could be used to support more ZEV heavy ‑duty truck and bus vouchers, which are one of the most cost ‑effective mobile source programs for reducing GHG  emissions. Using the Funds for Other Purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4708

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

Dec 13, 2023 - For example, conventional light‑duty vehicles generally are becoming more fuel efficient, which would reduce gasoline consumption even without the recently adopted state ZEV sales requirements. Forecasting Methodology Estimates Reflect Two Scenarios.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

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

Feb 8, 2024 - For example, the IG moved into a portion of HSRA ’s office space, which HSRA provided consistent with the statutory requirement. The IG also began hiring staff using the $1  million provided as part of the 2023 ‑24 state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Fund Shift for CHP and DMV Capital Projects

Feb 27, 2023 - Moreover,  using the General Fund for ongoing debt service payments would also put some incremental pressure on the General Fund, which is projected to face out ‑year deficits under both the Governor ’s and our office ’s projections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4710

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

Jan 13, 2023 - The Governor ’s budget includes nearly $3  billion in reductions, the largest of which is withdrawing a discretionary principal payment on state ’s unemployment insurance loan (which otherwise is paid by employers ’ payroll taxes).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

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

Feb 15, 2022 - For example, at the time of this analysis, DMV recently implemented a new federal regulation which requires CDL applicants to provide proof of driver training. This additional requir ement could discourage some potential CDL applicants from applying, and therefore, possibly decrease the number of CDL  applications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540