Property Tax Agents at the Local Level in California: An Overview [Publication Details]

Jun 20, 2012 - Presented to Revenue and Taxation Committee, Hon. Henry T. Perea, Chair and Assebmly Local Government Committee, Hon. Cameron Smyth, Chair
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2646

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

Oct 22, 2025 - At tha t time, they will owe the original loan amount plus a certain percentage of the increase in home value. Borrowers ’ repayments, in turn, will be used to provide loans to additional homebuyers in the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

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

Feb 20, 2019 - Comparing cities ’ permit growth in 2000 t o growth in 2001 we find no evidence of an increase in permitting. As Figure  4 shows, there were fewer cities with permit growth just above 12  p ercent in 2001 t han in 2000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - As Figure   3 shows, because of increased federal stimulus and UI benefit payments, the total income of California households was almost 10  p ercent higher in the second and third quarters of 2020 t han those same quarters in 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

The 2017-18 Budget: Local Update of Census Address Program Overview

Mar 23, 2017 - County assessors are charged with maintaining t he county rolls, which contain the addresses of all legal properties in the counties. (Properties built without permits may not be contained within the county rolls, however, city and county governments likely would not have these addresses either.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3629

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

Feb 21, 2019 - The Legislature created NPLH in 2016 t o build and rehabilitate permanent supportive housing for those with mental illness who are homeless or at ‑risk of becoming homeless. Proposition  2 allowed for the issuance of $ 2  b illion in bonds for this purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3942

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

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

Feb 20, 2019 - In San Francisco, households with incomes between $71,000 and $95,000 would be eligible, while the range for Bakersfield residents would be $35, 000 t o $47,000. For both the expanded and new state tax credits, the Governor ’s budget assumes no reduction in revenues due to the tax credit in 2019 ‑ 20 o r in its multiyear budget plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3941

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - While current state regulations require that landlords provide their tenants with heating facilities to maintain a minimum temperature of 70 degrees, there is no comparable requiremen t for cooling mechanisms to avoid exceeding any maximum threshold.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - Sinai, T., & Waldfogel, J. (2005). Do low –income housing subsidies increase the occupied housing stock? Journal of Public Economics , 89 (11), 2137 –2164 . Somerville, C. T., & Mayer, C. J. (2003). Government Regulation and Changes in the Affordable Housing Stock.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345