The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - Final costs will total around $3  million (between $2.4  million and $3.7  million). Funding these mandates does not have direct out-year fiscal implications for the state. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - To assist the Legislature in its fiscal oversight role of this large and multiyear program, this post: (1) provides data on the size of the population of people experiencing homelessness in California and recent state spending on housing and homelessness; (2) describes the ERF program’s goals, funding, and reporting requirements; (3) provides an update on ERF grantee awards,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5007

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - We recommend the Legislature reject the Governor ’s proposal and fund the mandate for three key reasons: (1)  the appellate court found that SB  231 does not apply retroactively and local governments lacked sufficient authority to raise stormwater-related fees prior to 2018, (2)  CSM determined these were state-reimbursable mandates, and (3)  local governments already incurred
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2019-20 Budget: Considerations for Governor's Proposals to Address Homelessness

Feb 21, 2019 - For example, providing $200 million to construct shelters would almost certainly yield over 6,000 new beds for the homeless. Given the uncertain benefits of the Governor’s proposal, we recommend the Legislature not appropriate $200 million for one‑time rewards for local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3942

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - To assist the Legislature in its fiscal oversight role of this large and multiyear program, this post: (1)  provides data on the size of the population of people experiencing homelessness in California and recent state spending on housing and homelessness; (2)  describes the ERF program ’s goals, funding, and reporting requirements; (3)  provides an update on ERF grantee awards,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

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

Feb 14, 2022 - Of the 72 projects that received tax credits, 18 projects shared the $200  million set aside for mixed ‑income housing. Collectively, these tax credits have resulted in the new construction of 6,550 low ‑income units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

2018-19 Budget: Voting Equipment for Counties

Mar 16, 2018 - Proposition  41 (2002) Provided Counties $200  Million for Voting Equipment. The proposition allowed the state to sell $200  million in general obligation bonds to assist counties in the purchase of new voting equipment that was certified by the Secretary of State.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3786

The 2019-20 Budget: Considerations for the Governor's Housing Plan

Feb 20, 2019 - We suggest the Legislature engage the administration in a discussion of the ( 1)  a llocation process, ( 2)  e ligible activities and program guidelines, and ( 3)  e xpected housing production achievements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3941

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Housing and Homelessness

Oct 17, 2019 - Of this amount, $200  million is set aside for developments that include affordable units for both low- and lower-middle-income households. This increase in the low-income housing tax credit has no budgetary costs in 2019-20 because the credits will be claimed on future tax returns.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4102

The 2019-20 Budget: What Can Be Done to Improve Local Planning for Housing?

Feb 20, 2019 - This program awarded cities and counties a total of $ 200  m illion over multiple years to reward them for permitting low ‑income affordable housing during the years 2010 t hrough 2016. Awarded funds could be used for creation or improvement of parks or recreation facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938