The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - In response, the Legislature enacted budget trailer legislation —Chapter  41 of 2024 (SB  164, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) —as part of the 2024-25 budget package. Senate Bill  164 made two changes to DRE ’s fee structure: (1)  it increased various fees, and (2)  it provided statutory caps under which DRE may make additional adjustments to its fees through the regulatory process without having to seek legislative authorization.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - According to HCD, it has accepted applications for this remaining VHHP funding from Proposition 41. The applications HCD has received have collectively requested $109 million in funding, more than is available for award.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

Understanding the Veterans Services Landscape in California

Jan 17, 2017 - (The funds for Proposition  41 were redirected from previously approved general obligation bonds for the CalVet Home Loan program, which we discuss below.) By law, all Proposition  41 funds must be used to serve veterans and their families, and at least 50  percent of the funds must serve veterans with extremely low incomes (which HUD defines each year by region).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3525

The 2022-23 Budget: Secretary of State Request to Waive Business Filing Fees

Feb 7, 2022 - As a percentage of revenues, the transfer to the General Fund has varied from 9  percent of fee revenues in 2019 ‑20 to 41  percent of fee revenues in 2017 ‑18. The consistent and large transfers to the General Fund suggest that business entities have been paying higher fees than are necessary to support the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4516

The 2017-18 Budget: Considering the State's Role in Elections

Mar 30, 2017 - In addition to Proposition  41 money, the federal government provided $195  million to upgrade voting systems in 2002. Decertification of Purchased Voting Equipment. In the years following Proposition  41 ’s passage, some counties replaced defunct punch card voting systems with electronic voting equipment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3634

Update on Los Angeles’ Bid for the 2024 Olympics

Mar 23, 2017 - The study anticipates that there would be between 2.6  million and 3.3  million people attending the 2024 Games and that 41  percent of attendees would come from outside the Los  Angeles area. Such visitors from elsewhere in the U.S. and around the world will bring their money and spend between $1  billion and $2  billion in Los  Angeles, according to the study, resulting in
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3622