Overview of State Funding for Affordable Housing Production [Publication Details]

Feb 27, 2025 - Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4997

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

Oct 22, 2025 - By retroactively susp ending these mandates, the state saves about $4  million one time in 2025-26. (Since the budget action is only for 2025-26, to keep the requirements suspended for the historic period and avoid any future state obligation to pay for these past claims, subsequent budget acts also would have to include language continuing the suspension of these mandates.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

The 2019-20 Budget: Considerations for Governor's Proposals to Address Homelessness

Feb 21, 2019 - For example, providing $200 million to construct shelters would almost certainly yield over 6,000 new beds for the homeless. Given the uncertain benefits of the Governor’s proposal, we recommend the Legislature not appropriate $200 million for one‑time rewards for local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3942

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, spending, and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5007

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

Feb 14, 2022 - Of the 72 projects that received tax credits, 18 projects shared the $200  million set aside for mixed ‑income housing. Collectively, these tax credits have resulted in the new construction of 6,550 low ‑income units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

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

May 30, 2025 - This includes 32 pending test claims and 4 additional claims for which CSM has already identified state-reimbursable mandated activities but has not yet developed cost estimates. Each test claim submitted to CSM is different and has to be considered individually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

2018-19 Budget: Voting Equipment for Counties

Mar 16, 2018 - Proposition  41 (2002) Provided Counties $200  Million for Voting Equipment. The proposition allowed the state to sell $200  million in general obligation bonds to assist counties in the purchase of new voting equipment that was certified by the Secretary of State.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3786

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

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, spending, and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

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

May 5, 2025 - This includes 32 pending test claims and 4 additional claims for which CSM has already identified state-reimbursable mandated activities but has not yet developed cost estimates. (These are in addition to the four mandates —including the Santa Ana regional board mandate —which CSM already identified and assigned cost estimates over the past year.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

Oct 17, 2019 - Of this amount, $200  million is set aside for developments that include affordable units for both low- and lower-middle-income households. This increase in the low-income housing tax credit has no budgetary costs in 2019-20 because the credits will be claimed on future tax returns.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4102