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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Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, a  2015   economic assessment  by the Risky Business Project estimated that if current global GHG emission trends continue, between $8 billion and $10 billion of existing property in California is likely to be underwater by 2050, with an additional $6 billion to $10 billion at risk during high tide.
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: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - For example, CSM determined that requirements to develop certain monitoring and work plans; provide specific information in annual reports; and develop plans for various studies, such as investigations of sediment toxicity in streams, to be state-reimbursable mandates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

Sheriff Court-Security Services Mandate

May 27, 2016 - LAO Comments Sheriff Court-Security Services Mandate Would Be Added to Backlog. Under the Governor ’s proposal, county costs related to this mandate would be added to the existing backlog for mandate claims.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3478

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 2016-17 Budget: Local Government Mandates--Reasonable Reimbursement Methodology

Mar 17, 2016 - For example, the Legislature could consider adding an audit requirement for a sample of the claims used for an RRM. In addition, the Legislature could require SCO to complete its audit of the sample of claims within a specific number of days after receiving an RRM proposal —perhaps 60 days.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3395

The 2018-19 Budget: County Assessor Funding

Feb 15, 2018 - An Example. To see how DOF ’s proposed methodology would work, consider an example. In 2017 ‑18, tasks completed by the assessor staff in a participating county resulted in an increase of $500  million in taxable property values.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3756