2018-19 Budget: Voting Equipment for Counties

Mar 16, 2018 - About 70  percent of these vote-by-mail (VBM) ballots were returned (either through the U.S. Postal Service or dropped at polls) to county elections officials to be counted. In total, about 58  percent of the 14.6  million ballots cast in the November election in California were VBM ballots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3786

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

Feb 9, 2022 - Specific Considerations for 2022‑23 Budget Proposals How Has the Administration Assessed the Level of Need for Encampment Resolutions? While requests for encampment resolution funding in 2021 ‑22 exceeded availability by $70  million, the Governor ’s proposal goes far beyond funding these original requests.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - As shown in Figure  6 , from 2017 ‑18 through 2019 ‑20, the state averaged more than 1,600 schools closed due to wildfires annually, compared to an annual average of about 70 schools from 2008‑09 to 2016‑17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Oct 22, 2025 - The budget package authorizes the Department of Finance (DOF) to provide $8  million of the planned $500  million to HCD in 2025-26 to “prepare to administer ” Round 7. Housing-Related Budget Actions Additional Funding for California Dream for All Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

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 2022-23 Budget: The Governor's Housing Plan

Feb 14, 2022 - Since its inception, MPRROP has awarded approximately $70  million, supporting approximately 70  mobilehome parks. Governor ’s 2022 ‑23 Budget Proposal Expands and Proposes General Fund for MPRROP. The budget proposes $25  million General Fund in 2022 ‑23, and $75  million in 2023 ‑24, to finance preservation and conversion of affordable mobile home parks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

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

May 5, 2025 - Citing previous court decisions, including the 2002 and 2022 appellate court decisions, CSM also concluded that local governments in the Santa Ana case lacked sufficient authority to raise fees during the historic period and that SB  231 did not apply retroactively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

Mar 17, 2016 - Currently, there are 58 active education mandates and 22 active local government mandates for which the CSM has adopted Parameters and Guidelines. Of these, six mandates —Habitual Truants, Graduation Requirements, Behavioral Intervention Plans, Immunization Records (Pertussis), Peace Officers Procedural Bill of Rights, and Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharge —use an RRM.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3395

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

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

May 12, 2021 - While 25 p ercent of cities received federal funds that constituted at least 20 p ercent of 2018 ‑ 19 r evenues, 5 p ercent of cities ( 24 c ities) received federal funds that constituted only between 0. 03 p ercent and 3. 8 p ercent of 2018 ‑ 19 r evenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428