California's High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences - Why Doesn’t California Build Enough Housing? [Video]

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California's High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences - Consequences of California's High Housing Costs [Video]

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California's High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences - California's High Housing Costs - Overview [Video]

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

Jan 24, 2020 - Inflationary adjustments for all fuel excise taxes —both those previously existing and those added under SB   1 —will begin July 1, 2020. The legislation created two new vehicle fees: (1)  a transportation improvement fee and (2)  a road improvement fee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

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

Oct 22, 2025 - Budget Package Addresses State ’s Long-Standing CEQA Policy. The budget package included a number of notable policy changes aimed at speeding up and streamlining CEQA, which was originally enacted by the Legislature in 1970.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - In addition to episodic disruptions, some of the most affected industries and regions may need to make long ‑term adjustments to remain viable, forcing some workers to relocate, train to adopt new industry practices, or shift to new types of work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

May 5, 2025 - Because the California Constitution does not require the state to reimburse local governments for costs to comply with federal law, disagreements have arisen over the years about whether all of the requirements in a given water quality permit are specifically required by federal law or whether they impose ad ditional requirements from the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - A long-standing way that California and the rest of the United States have estimated the number of people experiencing homelessness is through a point-in-time count. Since the count is only a snapshot of people experiencing homelessness on one given night in a year (typically in late January) and those conducting the count may miss individuals who are hidden from view at the time (such as people sleeping in a secluded area), the homelessness data collected is an undercount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan

Feb 9, 2022 - The Governor proposes $2  billion one ‑time General Fund over two years that is intended to address near ‑term homelessness needs while previously authorized funds for long ‑term housing solutions are implemented.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - This is because youths can lack the capacity to weigh the long-term consequences of waiving their rights and may do so as a matter of compliance with authority. In addition, research suggests that youths are at risk for involuntary and false confessions in interrogations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910