The 2012-13 Budget: Unwinding Redevelopment [Publication Details]

Feb 17, 2012 - The report recommends the Legislature amend the redevelopment dissolution legislation to address timing issues, clarify the treatment of pass–through payments, and address key concerns of redevelopment bond investors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2564

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

May 12, 2021 - Most of this funding has been allocated directly to local governments, but some funding will pass through the state. For example, the Department of Public Health has allocated more than $1. 5 b illion in federal funds to local public health jurisdictions to expand lab capacity; increase testing, contact tracing, surveillance, and epidemiology activities; improve data reporting;
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

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

Mar 17, 2016 - In 1979, voters passed Proposition 4, which added a requirement to the California Constitution that local governments be reimbursed for new programs or higher levels of service that the state imposes on them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3395

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

Feb 20, 2019 - (More recently, compliance has increased significantly in response to legislation passed in 2017 which heightened the consequences for not reporting.) $500   Million Is More Than Past Programs, Still Very Small Relative to Size of City and County Budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938