The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Housing and Homelessness

Oct 17, 2019 - Creates New Incentives for Adopting “Pro-Housing ” Policies.   The budget package creates new incentives for cities and counties to adopt pro-housing policies. Cities and counties that adopt these policies would receive additional points in the scoring of their applications for certain state grant programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4102

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

Feb 20, 2019 - Further, once a certain type of housing —especially single ‑family housing —becomes the norm in a neighborhood, it becomes very difficult to add new, different types of housing to the neighborhood. Despite this, the housing element process only requires cities to consider how their actions today will accommodate housing needs over the next eight years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - This could result in youths experiencing negative legal outcomes, such as becoming more invo lved in the criminal or juvenile justice systems —or for longer periods of time —than they otherwise would.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Schools and child care providers will need to plan for how they can maintain continuity of education and services—particularly for more vulnerable and impacted students—as climate change disruptions become more frequent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - Provides grants to local public agencies and nonprofits to assist first ‑time homebuyers become or remain homeowners through deferred ‑payment loans. Funds can also be used to assist in the development of multiple ‑unit ownership projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

Understanding Your Property Tax Bill - The 1 Percent Tax—Where Does Your Money Go? [Video]

This is a countywide multi-purpose fund originally created  to provide funding for schools For many reasons, the system of distributing these revenues has become very complex. This animation summarizes the major steps county auditors take to distribute this money.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=96&videoId=144

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - Housing Becomes Less Desirable as It Ages . .  . New housing generally becomes less desirable as it ages and, as a result, becomes less expensive over time. Market –rate housing constructed now will therefore add to a community ’s stock of lower –cost housing in the future as these new homes age and become more affordable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345

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

Feb 9, 2022 - As more information about recent state efforts becomes available, we suggest the Legislature assess which types of interventions appear most effective. This information could help guide the state ’s long ‑term fiscal and policy role in addressing homelessness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - While state requirements presently exist or are planned for the construction of new homes and communities in areas currently designated as being at high risk of wildfire or under the state ’s responsibility for fire protection, these requirements do not cover other areas that may become high risk in the near future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

The 2019-20 Budget: Considerations for Governor's Proposals to Address Homelessness

Feb 21, 2019 - The Legislature created NPLH in 2016 t o build and rehabilitate permanent supportive housing for those with mental illness who are homeless or at ‑risk of becoming homeless. Proposition  2 allowed for the issuance of $ 2  b illion in bonds for this purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3942