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

Feb 20, 2019 - Given this, offering rewards to cities and counties in hopes of boosting housing production seems like a risky bet. If the Legislature were to allocate funding for rewards, it cannot be sure what effect, if any, such a program would have on home building.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

2011 Realignment: Addressing Issues to Promote Its Long-Term Success [Publication Details]

Aug 19, 2011 - 2011 Realignment: Addressing Issues to Promote Its Long-Term Success [Publication Details] 2011 Realignment: Addressing Issues to Promote Its Long-Term Success Format: HTML Description: As part of the 2011-12 budget plan, the Legislature enacted a major shift—or “realignment”—of state program responsibilities and revenues to local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2508

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

Oct 22, 2025 - The budget provides $1.4  million General Fund for the department ’s Investigation, Enforcement, and Conciliation Enhancement program, which seeks to reduce wait times between intake of complaints and investigative appointments and to increase the number of successful settlements by investigators.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Criminal Justice Realignment [Publication Details]

Jan 27, 2009 - Under our realignment concept, counties would have broad authority to manage juvenile and drug–addicted adult offenders programs to achieve success. We recommend that the Legislature finance this criminal justice realignment by increasing the vehicle license fee (VLF) rate to 1 percent (which results in a revenue gain of $1.1 billion) and redirecting $359 million of existing VLF revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1913

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

Feb 9, 2022 - For instance, what were the challenges and successes in standing up these programs; are there local capacity constraints that are limiting the effectiveness of these programs; and are state, local, and regional entities coordinating effectively?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

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

Feb 14, 2022 - For instance, (1)  what were the challenges and successes in standing up some of the newer programs, such as the State Excess Sites Program and the Portfolio Reinvestment Program; (2)  what are the demonstrated  program successes and/or are there opportunities for improving these programs; (3)  are there capacity constraints that are limiting the effectiveness of
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

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

Feb 21, 2019 - Specifically, ( 1)  h ow will the program measure success given the data collection challenges the administration has faced in the pilot, ( 2)  w hich counties will be eligible for additional HDAP funding, ( 3)  w hether the funds will be made available through a competitive process or set allocations, and ( 4)  w hether counties would be required to match state funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3942

The 2019-20 Budget: Considerations for the Governor's Housing Plan

Feb 20, 2019 - (While housing vouchers provide another option for low ‑income households to access affordable housing, the success of this program is limited by the supply of landlords that are willing to accept vouchers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3941

Realignment Revisited: An Evaluation of the 1991 Experiment In State-County Relations [Publication Details]

Feb 6, 2001 - Realignment, enacted in 1991, transferred various mental health, health, and social services programs from the state to county control. It also altered program cost-sharing ratios, and provided counties with dedicated tax revenues to pay for these changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/755

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - Study on Section 8 Voucher Success Rates. Volume  I. Quantitative Study of Success Rates in Metropolitan Areas. Prepared by Abt Associates for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development , 2 –3 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345