2018-19 Budget: Voting Equipment for Counties

Mar 16, 2018 - Voting Equipment HAVA Provided Funding for Voting Equipment After 2000 Presidential Election. Voting equipment and the administration of U.S. elections became a prominent issue following the contested presidential election in 2000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3786

SB 1 Has Doubled Major Source of State Funding for Local Streets and Roads

Jan 24, 2020 - How Maintenance of Local Streets and Roads Is Funded The 482 cities and 58 counties in California own and maintain over 325,000 lane-miles of local streets and roads, which represents 82  percent of the total lane-miles in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

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

Feb 20, 2019 - Comparing cities ’ permit growth in 2000 t o growth in 2001 we find no evidence of an increase in permitting. As Figure  4 shows, there were fewer cities with permit growth just above 12  p ercent in 2001 t han in 2000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

The 2016-17 Budget: Local Government Mandates--Reasonable Reimbursement Methodology

Mar 17, 2016 - Currently, there are 58 active education mandates and 22 active local government mandates for which the CSM has adopted Parameters and Guidelines. Of these, six mandates —Habitual Truants, Graduation Requirements, Behavioral Intervention Plans, Immunization Records (Pertussis), Peace Officers Procedural Bill of Rights, and Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharge —use an RRM.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3395

California's Low-Income Housing Tax Credit [Publication Details]

May 1, 1990 - In 1989 the Legislature enacted legislation (58 726, L. Greene) to continue the state low-income housing tax credit program as long as a related federal program exists. That legislation also requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to evaluate the effectiveness of this program. This policy brief provides the evaluation, and makes recommendations for changes to improve the program's effectiveness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/538

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Coastal Flooding and Erosion From Rising Sea Levels Sea levels along the California coast are projected to rise by about six inches by 2030 and as much as seven to ten feet by 2100 compared to 2000 levels, depending upon the degree of warming the planet experiences.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - Between 2000 and 2013, low –income census tracts (tracts with an above –average concentration of low –income households) in the Bay Area that built the most market –rate housing experienced considerably less displacement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345

The 2019-20 May Revision: Opportunity Zones

May 11, 2019 - New Market Tax Credits, established in 2000, provide tax credits to taxpayers who invest in businesses or real estate in certain economically distressed areas. Investments under this program have been made for a wide variety of purposes, including renewable energy and affordable housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4038