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

May 5, 2025 - Since 2016, the water boa rds have been trying to design permits in a way that minimizes creation of state-reimbursable mandates while also continuing to enforce state and federal water quality laws.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

Mar 4, 2020 - A U-Visa provides an individual with various benefits, such as the ability to legally live and work in the U.S. for four years (and potentially the ability to apply for legal status) and to petition for a U-Visa for qualifying family members.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4192

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

Oct 22, 2025 - Suspends Four Newly Identified Mandates. 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

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

May 30, 2025 - Four Mandates Addressed in Proposed 2025-26 Budget, Including Three in May Revision. CSM has identified four new state-reimbursable mandates since enactment of the 2024-25 Budget Act . All four concern municipal stormwater permits issued by regional water quality control boards and costs incurred by local governments prior to 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

Feb 20, 2019 - Each region ’s housing needs are grouped into four categories based on the anticipated income levels of future households: very ‑low, low, moderate, and above ‑moderate income. Regional Councils of Government Allocate Housing Within Each Region.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

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

Feb 28, 2022 - Should the final state costs associated with reimbursing this mandate ultimately total less than $18.4   million —if SCO audit reductions remain unchallenged or upheld —the excess funds would revert to the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - As shown in Figure  6 , from 2017 ‑18 through 2019 ‑20, the state averaged more than 1,600 schools closed due to wildfires annually, compared to an annual average of about 70 schools from 2008‑09 to 2016‑17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

2018-19 Budget: Voting Equipment for Counties

Mar 16, 2018 - Statewide, about 12.2  million voters —nearly 63  percent of all registered voters —received a mail ballot in the November 2016 general election. About 70  percent of these vote-by-mail (VBM) ballots were returned (either through the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3786

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Figure 2 Through 2024 ‑25, the State Has Provided $900 Million for Four Rounds of ERF General Fund (In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

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

Feb 9, 2022 - For  the later rounds, round three ($518.5  million) would be focused on launch ready projects, round four ($480.5  million) would be focused on children and youth facilities, and rounds five and six ($960  million combined) would be focused on priorities identified in a recently released DHCS analysis that examined the current capacity and statewide need for behavioral health services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521