The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - Be low, we discuss the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board ’s (regional board ’s) municipal stormwater permit for local governments in Orange County for the June 1, 2009 through December 21, 2017 period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board [Publication Details]

May 5, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5039

The 2022-23 Budget: Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges Mandate

Feb 28, 2022 - The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), together with nine Regional Water Quality Control Boards (RWQCBs), help to enforce state and federal laws governing water quality across the state, including the federal Clean Water Act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

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

May 30, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards The 2025‑26 Budget State Mandates —Regional Water Quality Control Boards Constitution Requires the State to Reimburse Local Governments for Mandated Activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards [Publication Details]

May 30, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5054

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

Oct 22, 2025 - All four mandates concern municipal stormwater permits issued by regional water quality control boards for the period beginning in 2009 or 2010 through December 2017. The Commission on State Mandates had determined that several requirements in these permits (which local governments already carried out) were state-reimbursable mandates for that time frame.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

The 2023-24 Budget: County of Los Angeles Citizens Redistricting Commission Mandate

May 2, 2023 - House of Representatives, State Senate, State Assembly, and the State Board of Equalization. Like most other states, California historically established new district boundaries through the state legislative process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766

The 2018-19 Budget: County Assessor Funding

Feb 15, 2018 - This is because state law guarantees schools and community colleges (schools) a minimum amount of funding each year through a combination of property taxes and state funds. If property taxes received by schools decrease (increase), state funding generally must increase (decrease).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3756

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

This includes cities, the county, special districts, and schools and community college districts. Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund (ERAF). 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=96&videoId=144

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

Mar 17, 2016 - (Notably, reductions to community college claims reflected over half of the total adjustments.) Each audit report, which typically is performed by one auditor, requires six months to one year to complete.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3395