The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Staff reviews the applications, scores them, and makes the awards. (Cal ICH staff administered the program through 2023-24. The state transferred program administration to HCD —also under the BCSH Agency umbrella —beginning in 2024-25.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

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

Oct 22, 2025 - Savings were scored to 2024-25. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Trailer bill legislation as part of the 2025-26 budget package significantly amended CEQA-related policy in an effort to accelerate housing production and other development projects, as described below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

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

Feb 9, 2022 - As Cal ICH reviews applications, their scoring system prioritizes funding for applications that (1)  demonstrate a commitment to collaborate with local and state partners to resolve encampment issues; (2)  address encampments with 50 or more occupants; and (3)  reflect a diverse range of communities across the state, including rural, urban, and suburban communities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - There is a good chance the actual cost could be higher. Affordable housing projects often receive subsidies from more than one source, m eaning the public subsidy cost per unit likely is higher than $165,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - In particular, incidents like extreme heat, fires, smoke, and severe storms will cause work interruptions and instability in primarily outdoor ‑based industries such as construction, tourism, recreation, agriculture, and logistics/goods movement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding [Publication Details] The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding Format: HTML Description: The Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) program provides grants for local communities to address homeless encampments by funding housing and other services to the people living there.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5007

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

Oct 17, 2019 - Cities and counties that adopt these policies would receive additional points in the scoring of their applications for certain state grant programs. The budget package tasks HCD with creating criteria to identify pro-housing policies that reflect differences between rural, urban, an d suburban jurisdictions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4102

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

May 2, 2023 - Census identifies (1)  the number of people who live in the United States and (2)  where people live across the country. The census shows changes in the number of people living in a jurisdiction and collects information regarding the demographics and characteristics of those people.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - Low ‑income residents also are more likely to live in older housing that requires modifications to adapt to increased risks. For example, low ‑income households are less likely to live in homes with central air conditioning than are higher ‑income households, and may also find it challenging to pay for electricity to run the systems they have.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584