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

Feb 13, 2023 - Adopt Package of Budget Solutions Based on Legislature ’s Priorities. We recommend the Legislature develop its own package of budget solutions based on its highest priorities and guiding principles. In the brief, we identify key questions the Legislature could use in developing its own budget solutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4676

The 2022-23 Budget: Transportation Infrastructure Package

Feb 15, 2022 - As part of the transportation budget package approved last year, this funding was originally set aside to support critical projects for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Under the Governor ’s proposed package, the use of the funding would be available for any eligible transit and rail project in the broader Southern California region.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4536

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - The 2021 ‑22 budget package provided roughly $1.1  billion from the General Fund over a three ‑year period for Clean California, a statewide program centered around supporting litter abatement and beautification projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 12, 2025 - In this brief, we discuss major transportation funding proposals included in the Governor’s 2025-26 budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4961

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - Cash flow adjustments from prior budget packages reverted previously awarded funds, with the intent to reappropriate those dollars in future years for the same projects when awardees are expected to need construction funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Significant Changes to Solutions From June 2024 Budget Package Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax Package. Some of the largest budget solutions in the June budget package involved the MCO tax, a tax on health plans that supports the Medi ‑Cal program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions

Feb 23, 2024 - In this brief we (1) provide background on recent funding augmentations in transportation; (2) describe the Governor’s proposed transportation budget solutions; (3) discuss our assessment and recommendations for the Governor’s proposals; and (4) discuss potential additional solutions the Legislature could consider.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4854

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - To help address these issues, the budget package provides new funding, flexibilities, and oversight, along with establishing a taskforce to recommend longer-term transit improvements and reforms. Provides New Funding and Flexibility for Transit Operations and Capital Programs … To give transit agencies additional tools to address potential operating shortfalls, the budget package provides flexibility over the use of funding within two programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - The budget package includes trailer legislation that raises the share of Proposition  1A bond funds that can be used for HSRA ’s administrative expenses (known as the administrative spending cap) from 2.5  percent to 5  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - The budget package appropriates essentially all of the remaining unappropriated Proposition  1A bond funds —$4.2   billion —for the high-speed rail project in 2021-22. The package also includes associated budget trailer legislation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628