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

Oct 22, 2025 - The budget appropriates $300  million one-time General Fund for the California Dream for All program. The program, which is administered by the California Housing Finance Agency, provides downpayment assistance to eligible first-time, first-generation homebuyers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - Revising the UI participation rate upward to match state records had the effect of reducing total unpaid renter debt due to COVID ‑19 from $2. 2  b illion to $ 400  m illion as of December 2020. Overall, the updated analysis estimated that about 2  p ercent of California renters (90,000 households) had unpaid rent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

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

Feb 14, 2022 - Figure  5 depicts how S B  2 revenues for MIP have changed over  time. Update on MIP. The $300  million in funding awarded to date —$128  million S B  2 funding and $172  million General Fund —has contributed to the creation of 5,500 housing units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - Farmworker Housing Grant Program — Local Housing Trust Fund Program — Proposition  2 (2018): No Place Like Home $400 State Low ‑Income Housing Tax Credit 100 Farm and Home Loan Program 56 School Teacher and Employee Assistance Program $6 Single Family Down Payment Assistance 53 CalWORKs Family Stabilization, Housing Component 4 Housing and Disability Advocacy
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

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: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Figure 2 Through 2024 ‑25, the State Has Provided $900 Million for Four Rounds of ERF General Fund (In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

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

May 30, 2025 - The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local governments when (1)  new state laws or regulations mandate that they implement a new program or higher level of service and (2)  the local government does not have offsetting revenues —such as fees or federal funds —available to cover the associated costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

May 5, 2025 - The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local governments when (1)  new state laws or regulations mandate that they implement a new program or higher level of service and (2)  the local government does not have offsetting revenues —such as fees or federal funds —available to cover the associated costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2017-18 Budget: Local Update of Census Address Program Overview

Mar 23, 2017 - Census results are used for many purposes, including reapportioning seats in the House of Representatives, realigning congressional and state legislative districts, and distributing roughly $400  billion in federal funds to the states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3629

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