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

Oct 22, 2025 - The budget authorizes $500  million for the state Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. (This amount is in addition to about $130  million in statutorily required state tax credits for the program in 2025-26.) 2025-26 is the seventh consecutive year the Legislature has authorized a $500  million tax credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Housing and Homelessness

Oct 17, 2019 - The budget package increases by $500  million the state ’s low-income housing tax credit program which provides tax credits to builders of rental housing affordable to low-income households. Of this amount, $200  million is set aside for developments that include affordable units for both low- and lower-middle-income households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4102

The 2019-20 Budget: Considerations for the Governor's Housing Plan

Feb 20, 2019 - . $250 Production grants to local governments Provides general purposes funds to local governments as a reward for reaching “milestones ” in their efforts to meet their short ‑term housing production goals. 500 State Low ‑Income Housing Tax Credit program Expands existing state Low ‑Income Housing Tax Credit program. 300 New state housing tax credit program Establishes new state
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3941

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

Feb 21, 2019 - For example, providing $200 million to construct shelters would almost certainly yield over 6,000 new beds for the homeless. Given the uncertain benefits of the Governor’s proposal, we recommend the Legislature not appropriate $200 million for one‑time rewards for local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3942

The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor's Housing Plan

Feb 14, 2022 - While the 2019 ‑20 budget provided MIP $500 million General Fund over four years, subsequent budget reversions associated with the COVID ‑19 pandemic made only $250 million available to the program over two years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

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

Feb 20, 2019 - This program awarded cities and counties a total of $ 200  m illion over multiple years to reward them for permitting low ‑income affordable housing during the years 2010 t hrough 2016. Awarded funds could be used for creation or improvement of parks or recreation facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

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

Feb 9, 2022 - The budget proposes $1  billion General Fund in 2022 ‑23 and $500  million General Fund in 2023 ‑24 to address the immediate housing and treatment needs of people with complex behavioral health conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

2018-19 Budget: Voting Equipment for Counties

Mar 16, 2018 - Proposition  41 (2002) Provided Counties $200  Million for Voting Equipment. The proposition allowed the state to sell $200  million in general obligation bonds to assist counties in the purchase of new voting equipment that was certified by the Secretary of State.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3786

The 2018-19 Budget: County Assessor Funding

Feb 15, 2018 - In 2017 ‑18, tasks completed by the assessor staff in a participating county resulted in an increase of $500  million in taxable property values. In 2018 ‑19, the county receives SSCAP funding to hire five new staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3756

Realignment of Parole Could Improve Public Safety and Help Address Budget Shortfall [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - We propose a nearly $500 million realignment of responsibility for supervision of low-level criminal offenders from the state parole system to county probation. Funding for parole realignment would come from a reallocation of waste and water district property taxes, city Proposition 172 sales taxes, and vehicle license fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1740