California's High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences - Why Doesn’t California Build Enough Housing? [Video]

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California's High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences - Consequences of California's High Housing Costs [Video]

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California's High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences - California's High Housing Costs - Overview [Video]

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The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Housing, Homelessness and Local Government

Oct 22, 2025 - Another Round of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. The budget authorizes $500  million for the state Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. (This amount is in addition to about $130  million in statutorily required state tax credits for the program in 2025-26.) 2025-26 is the seventh consecutive year the Legislature has authorized a $500  million tax credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

The 2019-20 May Revision: Opportunity Zones

May 11, 2019 - This added complexity could create increased administrative burdens for builders, lenders, and government agencies tasked with funding affordable housing. Added complexity also could open the possibility of unintended consequences or misuse of funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4038

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

May 5, 2025 - Because the California Constitution does not require the state to reimburse local governments for costs to comply with federal law, disagreements have arisen over the years about whether all of the requirements in a given water quality permit are specifically required by federal law or whether they impose ad ditional requirements from the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

Jan 24, 2020 - Inflationary adjustments for all fuel excise taxes —both those previously existing and those added under SB   1 —will begin July 1, 2020. The legislation created two new vehicle fees: (1)  a transportation improvement fee and (2)  a road improvement fee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

Sheriff Court-Security Services Mandate

May 27, 2016 - LAO Comments Sheriff Court-Security Services Mandate Would Be Added to Backlog. Under the Governor ’s proposal, county costs related to this mandate would be added to the existing backlog for mandate claims.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3478

The 2018-19 Budget: County Assessor Funding

Feb 15, 2018 - To determine if existing employees experienced a change in productivity, DOF would compare the value added by existing employees during years the county receives SSCAP funding to a baseline year (2017 ‑18).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3756

Understanding California’s Property Taxes - Tax Receipts Vary [Video]

Understanding California’s Property Taxes - Tax Receipts Vary [Video] Search LAO Videos Understanding California’s Property Taxes November 29, 2012 In these videos, Principal Fiscal and Policy Analyst Mark Whitaker and Fiscal and Policy Analyst Chas Alamo discuss California 's property tax as a companion piece to the LAO 's
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