The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - Campuses receive grants from California Volunteers that include funding for Fellows ’ living stipends. Campuses are responsible for distributing these living stipends to Fellows on a monthly basis. California Volunteers also gives campuses funding for some education award coverage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

The 2020 Census: Potential Impacts on California

Dec 13, 2018 - The Bureau will complete two separate counts of people living in the United States as part of the 2020 Census: the household enumeration (a count of people living in houses, apartments, and other dwellings) and a group quarters enumeration (a count of people living in facilities, like dormitories, military bases, and prisons).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3909

The 2018-19 Budget: Census Outreach

Mar 8, 2018 - Individuals stationed overseas typically live at that location for at least a year, whereas deployments are shorter in duration.) Previously, deployed personnel were counted using administrative re cords.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3780

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - Available research also indicates that experiencing homelessness may lead some individuals to develop or exacerbate existing behavioral health issues due to the chronic stress of living without stable housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Low ‑income residents also are more likely to live in older housing that requires modifications —such as air conditioning or more fire ‑resistant exteriors —to adapt to increased risks. Notably, low ‑income residents also are more likely to live in rental housing, and thus more likely to be reliant on landlords to conduct modifications to their homes to mitigate the effects of climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - In this report, we describe how the Legislature has delegated some of its core powers to allow the Governor to exercise emergency authorities during a state of emergency. Next, we assess the degree to which this is necessary to facilitate emergency response and whether there are adequate oversight mechanisms in place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - Evidence supporting this relationship can be found by comparing housing expenditures of low –income households living in California ’s slow –growing coastal communities to those living in fast –growing communities elsewhere in the country.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 29, 2021 - Specifically, the funding would support Adult Residential Facilities and Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly —often jointly referred to as board and care facilities or assisted living facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4468

Proposed Changes to Veterans Home in Yountville

Mar 6, 2018 - As shown in Figure  1, the services provided at the homes range from independent living-style domiciliary care to intensive skilled nursing services and memory care for residents with dementia and/or mental impairment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3771

Evaluating the Sale-Leaseback Proposal: Should the State Sell Its Office Buildings? [Publication Details]

Apr 27, 2010 - Over the lives of these buildings, we estimate the transaction would cost the state between $600 million and $1.5 billion. The Legislature will need to weigh how these costs compare to other alternatives for addressing the state’s budget shortfall.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2261