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

Feb 24, 2023 - For instance, Chapter  249 of 2016 (S B  32 ,  Pavley) updated the state ’s GHG reduction limit from 1990  levels by 2020 to 40  percent below 1990  levels by 2030. Chapter  337 of 2022 (A B  1279 , Muratsuchi) requires the state to achieve net ‑zero GHG emissions by 2045.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4708

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - (Earlier budget language —Chapter  5 of 2025 [AB  102, Gabriel] had authorized DOF to provide a $750  million loan to these agencies contingent on subsequent legislation, which was never enacted.) Chapter  104 requires DOF to complete this examination by January 10, 2026, and to include any proposal it develops in the Governor ’s January 2026-27 budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - The proposed funds to be transferred to MVA consist of $49  million from unallocated projected discretionary GGRF revenues and $32  million that would be “freed up ” by shifting some prior planned GGRF expenditures for clean energy activities to the Proposition  4 climate bond.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

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

Feb 27, 2023 - As we discuss in a recent report, The 2023‑24 Budget: Proposed Reauthorization of AB 8 Vehicle Fees , the Governor is requesting that the Legislature reauthorize a set of expiring vehicle fees (known as “AB 8” fees) and continue using them for the clean transportation programs they currently support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4710

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

Dec 13, 2023 - Specifically, compared to 2023‑24, by 2034‑35 gasoline excise tax revenues decrease by $5 billion (64 percent), diesel excise tax revenues decrease by about $290 million (20 percent), and diesel sales tax revenues decrease by about $420 million (32 percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821