The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - As we discuss in our January 2025 report, The 2025‑26 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Budget , overall, the Governor proposes $2.2 billion in actions that would create capacity in the General Fund to support $570 million of discretionary proposals (including this proposal), $150 million of tax expenditures, and a larger discretionary reserve than the state typically plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

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

Jan 13, 2025 - New Tax Expenditures of $150   Million. The Governor ’s budget includes some revenue proposals, which would expand existing tax expenditures and create new ones. This includes increasing the existing film tax credit from $330  million to $750  million per year and excluding some military retirement income from taxation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts presents a wide range of facts and trends about the state's economy, finances, and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation [Publication Details]

Sep 10, 2024 - The budget package provides a total of $30.4 billion for transportation-related programs in 2024‑25, including for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), California State Transportation Agency, local streets and roads (shared revenues), California Highway Patrol (CHP), Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), and High-Speed Rail Authority (HSRA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4925

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - While this is a net reduction from the estimated 2023 ‑24 expenditure level, actual expenditures in 2024 ‑25 could be notably higher or lower than budgeted. This is because the project has access to resources —such as GGRF funds that remain unspent from prior years —that far exceed the budgeted amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925

The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions

Feb 23, 2024 - This action essentially would allow the state to sustain funding for local projects to which it has already committed and reduce General Fund expenditures. However, this approach would result in the state supporting fewer overall transit and rail improvement projects over the coming years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4854

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Implications for State Transportation Funding and Programs [Publication Details]

Dec 13, 2023 - This report discusses how meeting the state’s greenhouse gas reduction goals will affect existing fuel tax revenues and projects specific impacts on state transportation programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4821

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

Dec 13, 2023 - Would need to weigh against other, non ‑transportation state expenditure priorities. Would not be linked to rate of revenue declines from increases in fuel efficiency and ZEV adoption, meaning additional amounts would be needed over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - (Self-help counties are those that have passed local sales tax measures dedicated to transportation improvements.) California Highway Patrol The budget provides $3  billion for CHP in 2023-24, which represents a reduction of $106  million (3  percent) relative to 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804

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

Feb 24, 2023 - Another option the Legislature could consider is to also charge these fees to heavy ‑duty vehicle owners, given that such vehicles cause air pollution and GHG emissions at an even greater level than passenger vehicles and currently are an area of focus for expenditures of this funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4708