The 2020-21 Budget: U-Visa I-918 Form Mandate

Mar 4, 2020 - On the one hand, workload could potentially increase further as more victims request completion of this document. This could happen for various reasons, such as if there is more awareness that Chapter  721 generally eliminates agency discretion on whether to complete the document.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4192

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

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

Feb 20, 2019 - On the one hand, releasing the funding right away is consistent with the immediacy of the housing affordability problem and helps bring relief to Californians more quickly. On the other hand, the state has approved significant funding for affordable housing in recent years, most notably the $ 3  b illion included in the Veteran and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3941

The 2019-20 May Revision: Opportunity Zones

May 11, 2019 - A handful of other states have adopted state tax credits that mirror the federal New Market Tax Credit to encourage investors to shift their New Market Tax Credit investment to those states. To gauge the effect of these state credits, we looked at how New Market Tax Credit investments changed in states after they adopted state credits and compared these investment changes to similar states without state credits (using a statistical method known as synthetic control).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4038

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - On the other hand, 1. 4  m illion workers remain unemployed and recent surges in the pandemic have resulted in a new round of tightened public health orders, which could have financial ramifications on renters and lead to further accrual of rental debt.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

2018-19 Budget: Voting Equipment for Counties

Mar 16, 2018 - As noted earlier, only a handful of the authorized counties are moving to the vote center model in 2018. Whether other counties will implement the new system in 2020 is unclear. Counties ’ voting models affect the types of equipment they purchase as well as how much equipment to purchase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3786