Business, Transportation & Housing
2660 Department of Transportation

The mission of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is to improve mobility across California through safety, mobility, delivery, stewardship, and service.
MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • The Budget provides for a change in the taxes that are charged on fuel. The existing sales tax rate of 6 percent on gas and 4.75 percent on diesel which currently goes to fund public transportation at both the state and local level, highway construction, and local road maintenance, will be eliminated, and in its place fuel excise taxes will be increased by 10.8 cents per gallon, the revenues from which will go to replace the $629 million in funding lost to state highway construction, $629 million for local road maintenance, and $610 million to reimburse the General Fund for its debt service costs on transportation bonds. Miscellaneous revenues of $72 million will be retained in the State Highway Account and used to offset debt service. Additionally, $57 million from 2009-10 and $254 million from 2010-11 will be transferred to the General Fund from the funds remaining in the Public Transportation Account as reimbursement for debt service payments on transit-related bonds. Intercity Rail and some transportation planning costs will continue to be funded from the Public Transportation Account until the balance in that fund is exhausted in 2011-12, after which it will become necessary to fund these activities from the General Fund or other funding sources.
PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year personnel years and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
 Proposed
2010-11*
Personnel
Years
Dollars
10 Aeronautics
25.7
$8,240
20 Highway Transportation
18,088.7
13,079,228
20.10     Capital Outlay Support
9,815.5
1,987,090
20.20     Capital Outlay Projects
-
7,017,921
20.30     Local Assistance
360.0
2,199,924
20.40     Program Development
251.4
80,972
20.65     Legal
290.8
130,019
20.70     Operations
1,437.4
233,324
20.80     Maintenance
5,933.6
1,429,978
30 Mass Transportation
172.1
597,189
40 Transportation Planning
676.1
182,373
50 Administration
1,824.4
-
60.10     Equipment Service Program Costs
726.2
251,315
60.20     Distributed Equipment Service Program Costs
-
-251,315
Totals, Personnel Years and Expenditures (including Infrastructure)
21,513.2
$13,867,030
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
-
Totals, Personnel Years and All Expenditures
21,513.2
$13,867,030
NOTE: Infrastructure expenditures are included within the respective program expenditures.

Refer to the Program Descriptions for a description of programs operated by this state agency.

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Personnel Years for expenditures, personnel years, and funding detail.
PRINTABLE BUDGET DOCUMENTS Back to Top
The following identifies budget documents for this state agency that are available in a printable (pdf) format.

Entire Department of Transportation Budget (pdf * - 131K) in pdf format.
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of all budget information for this state agency. Note: Along with other information, this document includes the documents listed below.

 Fund Condition Statements ONLY (pdf * - 43K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the fund condition statements for each fund administered by this state agency.

 Detail of Appropriations and Adjustments ONLY (pdf * - 40K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the detail of appropriations and adjustments for this state agency.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Legal Citations and Authority
Includes the legal citations (state statutes, federal statutes, and court orders) for operation of department programs and activities.