The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - California has 12  percent of the total population in the U.S. but accounts for about one-quarter of the country ’s homelessness count. State ’s Data System Suggests Number of People Experiencing Homelessness Is Even Higher.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - Furthermore, although many renters remain out of work, the state economy has rebounded since April 2020, regaining more than 1  m illion out of the 2. 6  m illion jobs that were lost in March and April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - As shown in Figure  6 , from 2017 ‑18 through 2019 ‑20, the state averaged more than 1,600 schools closed due to wildfires annually, compared to an annual average of about 70 schools from 2008‑09 to 2016‑17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Feb 20, 2019 - Similarly, we would expect to see fewer cities with permit growth below 12  p ercent. This is because some cities with past permit growth slower than 12  p ercent would increase their permit growth to above 12  p ercent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

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

Feb 14, 2022 - Figure  6 depicts how MPRROP revenues have changed over  time. Update on MPRROP Spending. The most recent MPRROP NOFA announced the availability of approximately $34  million to award. Since its inception, MPRROP has awarded approximately $70  million, supporting approximately 70  mobilehome parks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

The 2020-21 Budget: Local Agency Employee Organizations, Impasse Procedures II

Mar 4, 2020 - PERB provided us data on the number of fact-finding projects opened in the eight fiscal years between 2011 ‑12 and 2018 ‑19. Like the three years used by the Commission, the average number of opened fact-finding cases across these eight fiscal years also averaged to about 40 cases each year; however, the range was much more wide with only 15 cases in 2011 ‑12 and 59 cases in 2012 ‑13.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4190

2011 Realignment: Addressing Issues to Promote Its Long-Term Success [Publication Details]

Aug 19, 2011 - In total, the realignment plan provides $6.3 billion to local governments to fund various criminal justice, mental health, and social services programs in 2011-12, and ongoing funds for these programs annually thereafter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2508

The 2011-12 Budget: Should California End Redevelopment Agencies? [Publication Details]

Feb 8, 2011 - The 2011-12 Budget: Should California End Redevelopment Agencies? [Publication Details] The 2011-12 Budget: Should California End Redevelopment Agencies? Format: HTML Description: California’s expansive use of redevelopment has engendered significant controversy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2440

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 Program a — $2,672 a
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

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

Jan 24, 2020 - Three of the fuel tax increases went into effect on November 1, 2017 and include a (1)  12 cent per gallon increase to the gasoline excise tax, (2)  20 cent per gallon increase to the diesel fuel excise tax, and (3)  4  percent increase to the diesel sales tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142