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

May 5, 2025 - It also asserts that a 2002 appellate court decision ( Howard Jarvis Association v. City of Salinas ) —which found that the city did not have sufficient fee authority to levy a stormwater fee due to the voter approval requirement —was wrongly decided.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

Jan 24, 2020 - SB 1 Has Doubled Major Source of State Funding for Local Streets and Roads SB 1 Has Doubled Major Source of State Funding for Local Streets and Roads In 2017, the Legislature enacted Chapter  5 (SB  1, Beall), which increased fuel taxes and vehicle fees to augment funding for California ’s transportation system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

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

Oct 22, 2025 - In addition, the budget provides $883,000 General Fund for the Community Reconciliation Unit, which provides community-based conflict resolution an d training services. The funding extends both initiatives through June 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

The 2022-23 Budget: Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges Mandate

Feb 28, 2022 - Despite the general federal direction to the state water boards to reduce the discharge of pollutants, however, courts have found that specific permit conditions required by the boards but not explicitly stated in federal law can be state ‑reimbursable mandates ( Department of Finance v.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - Guerrieri, V., Hartley, D., & Hurst, E. (2013). Endogenous Gentrification and Housing Price Dynamics. Journal of Public Economics , Volume 100 (C), 45 –60 . Gyourko, J., & Linneman, P. (1990). Rent Controls and Rental Housing Quality: A Note on the Effects of New York City ’s Old Controls.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Exempted from this requirement are interrogations by probation officers in their normal duties an d questioning necessary to protect life or property from an imminent threat. Under Chapter  681, these requirements were to sunset beginning January 1, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

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

Mar 23, 2017 - To reach this measurement, the Census Bureau estimates what proportion of the count was enumerated correctly, what proportion was enumerated incorrectly (double counted, for instance), and the extent to which indi viduals were omitted from the count.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3629

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

Feb 20, 2019 - Make the improvements to communities ’ RHNA goals we discussed above. ( 2)   D etermine Each Community ’s Progress Toward Their RHNA Targets. Each year, calculate each community ’s progress toward their RHNA goals in each income category.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - The degree to which climate change will impact particulate emissions in the future is subject to some uncertainty, but researchers have estimated that particulate matter in fire‑prone areas could roughly double by the end of the century.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Housing and Homelessness

Oct 17, 2019 - The budget package tasks HCD with creating criteria to identify pro-housing policies that reflect differences between rural, urban, an d suburban jurisdictions. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
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