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

May 30, 2025 - Additional details about the mandate are as follows: Time Period in Question: November 10, 2010 to December 31, 2017. CSM ’s Estimated Statewide Cost to Reimburse Local Governments: Between $238,301 and $334,104.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

May 5, 2025 - Notably, Proposition  218 did not define what activities are encompassed by “sewer services. ” A 2017 State Law Defined “Sewer, ” Making Fee Increases Less Burdensome. Chapter  536 of 2017 (SB  231, Hertzberg) explicitly defined sewer to include both sanitary and stormwater systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

Oct 22, 2025 - All four mandates concern municipal stormwater permits issued by regional water quality control boards for the period beginning in 2009 or 2010 through December 2017. The Commission on State Mandates had determined that several requirements in these permits (which local governments already carried out) were state-reimbursable mandates for that time frame.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Beginning in 2018, Chapter  681 of 2017 (SB  395, Lara) required that arrested youths age 15 and younger be provided a consultation with legal counsel before they may waive their Miranda rights or be interrogated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

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

The 2017-18 Budget: National Housing Trust Fund Staffing

Feb 23, 2017 - The 2017-18 Budget: National Housing Trust Fund Staffing The 2017-18 Budget National Housing Trust Fund Staffing National Housing Trust Fund Background. In 2008, the federal government established the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) a new program to fund construction of affordable housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3580

Considering the State's Role in Elections - How Do Elections Work Today? [Video]

May 3, 2017
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Considering the State's Role in Elections - What is the State’s Role in Elections? [Video]

May 3, 2017
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Considering the State's Role in Elections - Should the State’s Role in Elections Change? [Video]

May 3, 2017
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Considering the State's Role in Elections - How Will Elections Change Under SB 450? [Video]

May 3, 2017
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=109&videoId=169