The 2020-21 Budget: Local Agency Employee Organizations, Impasse Procedures II

Mar 4, 2020 - State law tasks the Commission on State Mandates (the Commission) with determining whether new state laws or regulations affecting local governments create state-reimbursable mandates. Typically, the process for determining whether a law or regulation is a state-reimbursable mandate takes several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4190

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - State law tasks the Commission on State Mandates (Commission) with determining whether new state laws or regulations affecting local governments create state-reimbursable mandates. Typically, the process for determining whether a law or regulation is a state-reimbursable mandate takes several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate [Publication Details]

May 28, 2024 - In this post, we discuss the Juvenile Custodial Interrogations mandate, which is a newly identified state mandate funded in the Governor’s 2024-25 May Revision budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4910

Overview of State Housing Spending [Publication Details]

Feb 28, 2023 - Overview of State Housing Spending [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4717

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - Increased housing development is of foremost importance to address the state ’s housing challenges. Moreover, responding to climate change impacts does not preclude the state from meeting its housing goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

The 2022-23 Budget: Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges Mandate

Feb 28, 2022 - Funding this mandate does not have out ‑year fiscal implications for the state. Background Constitution Requires the State to Reimburse Local Governments for Mandated Activities. State law tasks the commission with determining whether new state laws or regulations affecting local agencies create state ‑reimbursable mandates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Significant Existing State‑Level Efforts to Address Climate Impacts Given that California is even now beginning to experience the effects of climate change, certain climate adaptation efforts are already underway at the local, regional, and state levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor's Housing Plan

Feb 14, 2022 - State Excess Sites Background Building Affordable Housing on Excess State Property.  In 2019 ‑20, the Governor issued an executive order directing the state to identify excess state properties that are suitable for affordable and mixed ‑income housing development.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

Major Recent Homelessness Spending Actions [Publication Details]

Feb 8, 2022 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4518

The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan

Feb 9, 2022 - Cal ICH anticipates collecting information emerging from the grantees across the state to identify, disseminate, and coordinate resources and services to prevent and end unsheltered homelessn ess in collaboration with other state agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521