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

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

Jan 24, 2020 - How Maintenance of Local Streets and Roads Is Funded The 482 cities and 58 counties in California own and maintain over 325,000 lane-miles of local streets and roads, which represents 82  percent of the total lane-miles in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

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

May 5, 2025 - The Governor ’s budget proposes suspending several requirements in the regional board ’s municipal stormwater permit for the June 1, 2009 through December 31, 2017 period. CSM determined these requirements were state-reimbursable mandates for that time frame.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

2018-19 Budget: Voting Equipment for Counties

Mar 16, 2018 - The total equipment replacement cost for these counties is less than $3  million.) Counties that recently updated their voting equipment would be eligible for some reimbursement. The Governor ’s proposal does not require counties to commit to implementing the vote center model to receive equipment funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3786

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

Mar 17, 2016 - Current law allows (1) multiple parties to submit RRM proposals for the same mandate, (2) parties to submit arguments for and against RRM proposals, and (3) any CSM decision to be challenged in court.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3395

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

Feb 20, 2019 - Multiply each community ’s allocation of streets and roads funding under existing law by the community ’s relative performance calculated in step 3. For example, if the calculation in step 3 says a city has achieved twice as much progress as the state average its streets and roads funding would be doubled.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

An Initial Look at Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Local Government Fiscal Condition

May 12, 2021 - The state has until December 31, 2024 t o spend its federal ARP allocation. As such, we recommend the Legislature not allocate all of the ARP funds available to the state as part of its 2021 ‑ 22 b udget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

California's Low-Income Housing Tax Credit [Publication Details]

May 1, 1990 - In 1989 the Legislature enacted legislation (58 726, L. Greene) to continue the state low-income housing tax credit program as long as a related federal program exists. That legislation also requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to evaluate the effectiveness of this program. This policy brief provides the evaluation, and makes recommendations for changes to improve the program's effectiveness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/538

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A  2018   report  by the State Coastal Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy found that 55 percent of California’s existing coastal habitats are highly vulnerable to five feet of sea‑level rise, including 60 percent of the state’s iconic beaches and 58 percent of its marshes. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Oct 22, 2025 - The reverted funds come from three sources: (1)  the Infill Infrastructure Grant (IIG) Program, (2)  IIG Catalytic Program, and (3)  Commercial Property Pilot Program. Savings were scored to 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082