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

Oct 22, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget Act appropriates $100  million one-time General Fund for Round 5 of the ERF initiative —consistent with an agreement between the Legislature and Governor as part of June 2024 negotiations over the final 2024-25 Budget Act .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

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

May 5, 2025 - To comply with this act, the water boards issue water quality permits —including stormwater discharge permits —to entities such as cities, counties, and businesses that discharge pollutants into water bodies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

May 5, 2025 - In this budget post, we discuss a municipal stormwater mandate issued by the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board in 2009 for local governments in Orange County.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5039

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

May 30, 2025 - CSM has identified four new state-reimbursable mandates since enactment of the 2024-25 Budget Act . All four concern municipal stormwater permits issued by regional water quality control boards and costs incurred by local governments prior to 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

Post Election Manual Tally Mandate

Jan 13, 2016 - Below, we discuss the Post Election Manual Tally mandate, which is the only newly identified state mandate since the 2015-16 Budget Act . Background Voting System Requirements. For all federal elections, each polling place must have at least one voting system equipped for individuals with disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3327

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

Feb 28, 2022 - Moreover, SCO required municipalities to submit all claims for activities associat ed with this mandate no later than 2015. As such, the state should not expect any future costs to materialize for this mandate beyond those included in the Governor ’s proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

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

Mar 4, 2020 - The Commission ’s estimated range of annual costs is based on the average number of impasse procedures and reimbursement claims between 2015 ‑16 and 2017 ‑18. While the Commission ’s estimate seems reasonable, it is difficult to estimate what the state ’s costs likely will be in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4190

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

Feb 21, 2019 - Refer to our March   2015 r eport, California’s High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences , to learn more about how CEQA affects development. Key Implementation Issues Key Questions Surrounding Homelessness Proposals Remain.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3942

The 2015-16 Budget: Paying for a State Mandate on Local Child Protective Agencies [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2015 - The 2015-16 Budget: Paying for a State Mandate on Local Child Protective Agencies [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3182

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

March 17, 2015
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=20&videoId=138