The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - Background For background information on municipal stormwater permits; why CSM considers some requirements to be state-reimbursable mandates; and the role of Proposition  218 (1996), Chapter  536 of 2017 (SB  231, Hertzberg), and court decisions in determining whether local governments had sufficient authority to raise fees to pay for their costs to comply with stormwater permit requirements,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

Feb 9, 2022 - DSS also determined a few funding set ‑asides, such as 5  percent for tribes and 8  percent for small counties. Matching Funds. Applicants will be required to provide matching funds, with the match rate varying by the type of applicant (for example, a 10  percent match will be required for counties and cities, and a 5  percent match for tribes).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

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

Feb 14, 2022 - Additionally, 5 to 10 more sites are expected to move forward with development in the current year. Currently, HCD and DGS have identified 125 sites that are suitable and available for development across the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - Credit report data compiled by the Federal Reserve and included in Figure  5 shows that mortgage delinquencies among California homeowners remained low in 2020. Specifically, 5 i n every 1,000 California homeowners were more than 90 ‑days late on their mortgage during the third quarter of 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

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

May 12, 2021 - In the case of the 24 c ities most reliant on TOT (the top 5 p ercent), TOT collections in 2018 ‑ 19 c onstituted between 15 p ercent and 59 p ercent of the cities ’ 2018 ‑ 19 l ocal revenues. Significant Reliance on User Fee Revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A changing climate presents California with five key climate hazards: (1)  higher temperatures and extreme heat events, (2)  more severe wildfires, (3)  more frequent and intense droughts, (4)  flooding due to extreme precipitation events, and (5)  coastal flooding and erosion from sea ‑level rise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2018-19 Budget: County Assessor Funding

Feb 15, 2018 - One approach could be to make the $15  million in funding proposed by the administration ($5  million per year over the next three years) available for grants to county assessors to help cover one-time costs of technology upgrades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3756

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

Feb 20, 2019 - In 2017, the Legislature enacted Chapter  5 (S B  1 , Beall) which increased state revenue for transportation by about $ 5  b illion per year. Under this funding package, cities and counties receive around $1. 5  b illion annually to fund maintenance of local streets and roads.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

SB 1 Has Doubled Major Source of State Funding for Local Streets and Roads

Jan 24, 2020 - SB 1 Has Doubled Major Source of State Funding for Local Streets and Roads SB 1 Has Doubled Major Source of State Funding for Local Streets and Roads In 2017, the Legislature enacted Chapter  5 (SB  1, Beall), which increased fuel taxes and vehicle fees to augment funding for California ’s transportation system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

Property Tax Reductions to Diminish as Housing Market Improves - Property Tax Reductions to Diminish as Housing Market Improves [Video]

Property Tax Reductions to Diminish as Housing Market Improves - Property Tax Reductions to Diminish as Housing Market Improves [Video] To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Property Tax Reductions to Diminish as Housing Market Improves May 5, 2014 Fiscal and Policy Analyst Chas Alamo discusses the LAO report "Property Tax Reductions to Diminish as Housing Market Improves. "
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