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

2018-19 Budget: Voting Equipment for Counties

Mar 16, 2018 - (The administration ’s estimate assumes that 12 northern, rural counties would maintain polling places. The cost of equipment for the vote center model in these counties is roughly equivalent to the cost of equipment for the polling places model.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3786

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

Feb 20, 2019 - Similarly, we would expect to see fewer cities with permit growth below 12  p ercent. This is because some cities with past permit growth slower than 12  p ercent would increase their permit growth to above 12  p ercent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

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

Mar 17, 2016 - In 2012-13, the state created two education mandates block grants —one for all active K-12 mandates and one for all active community college mandates. The block grants are an alternative mechanism for LEAs to seek mandate reimbursement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3395

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

Oct 22, 2025 - The 2025-26 augmentation will be the third round of funding for this program (with $500  million authorized in 2022-23 and $20  million in 2023-24). Funding for Affordable Housing. The budget provides $120  million one-time General Fund for the Multifamily Housing Program (MHP), HCD ’s flagship affordable housing program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A  2018   report  by the State Coastal Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy found that 55 percent of California’s existing coastal habitats are highly vulnerable to five feet of sea‑level rise, including 60 percent of the state’s iconic beaches and 58 percent of its marshes. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

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

Feb 14, 2022 - HCD has completed program design and intends to issue the NOFA in March  2022, with awards starting October 2022. Governor ’s 2022 ‑23 Budget Proposal Expands and Augments Funding for Portfolio Reinvestment Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

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

Feb 9, 2022 - A statutorily mandated interim report is due to the Legislature July 1, 2022 and a final assessment is due by December 31, 2022. In addition, the budget provided $4  million one ‑time General Fund to support further development of HDIS, which would allow the state to access and compile more standardized data collected by CoCs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521