The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Encampment resolution thus is distinct from encampment “sweeps, ” in which people are moved from an encampment (sometimes losing their personal possessions in the process) and remain homeless —and still outside —in a different neighborhood or area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - These disruptions often will be unpredictable and will include (1)  short ‑term incidents, such as when wildfire smoke or extreme heat events make it unsafe to work or recreate outside; (2)  longer ‑term impacts, such as when floods or fires damage homes, businesses, and infrastructure; and (3)  permanent changes, such as higher sea levels or more prolonged droughts causing current activities to become impractical in certain regions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Feb 20, 2019 - Some Factors Are Outside of Local Communities ’ Control . . . While cities have significant control over when, where, and how much housing is built, many other factors also are important. The health of the state ’s economy, lending conditions, and decisions by builders and landowners are all beyond the control of local governments but significantly affect home building.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - This is roughly the magnitude of the state ’s largest General Fund expenditure outside of education ( Medi –Cal ). Affordable Housing Construction Requires Large Public Subsidies. While it is difficult to estimate precisely how many units of affordable housing are needed, a reasonable starting point is the state ’s current population of low –income renter households that spend more than half of their income on housing —about 1.7 million households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345