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

May 30, 2025 - San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board ’s Order in Riverside County. CSM determined that several of the requirements in the permit issued by the regional board in 2010 constitute state-reimbursable mandates for Riverside County and the cities of Riverside County that are within the San Diego region.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

2018-19 Budget: Voting Equipment for Counties

Mar 16, 2018 - In the years following Proposition  41 ’s passage, some counties replaced defunct punch card voting systems with electronic voting equipment. By 2005, actions taken by then Secretary of State Kevin Shelley and the Legislature imposed certain restrictions on electronic voting systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3786

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

Oct 22, 2025 - (The actual shortfall reported by San Mateo, Mono, and Alpine for 2023-24 totaled $118  million.) Budget Package Authorizes General Fund Backfill of Local Property Tax Losses from Los Angeles Wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

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

May 5, 2025 - For permittees with discharges into Coyote Creek or the San Gabriel River, develop a plan to control and monitor copper, lead, and zinc pollution. Public education and outreach: Complete a public awareness survey to determine the effectiveness of the current public and business education strategy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

May 2, 2023 - Unlike Chapter  508, which established a similar redistricting commission for the County of San Diego, the requirements established under Chapter  781 were not requested by the County of Los Angeles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766

Local Government Bankruptcy in California: Questions and Answers [Publication Details]

Aug 7, 2012 - Local Government Bankruptcy in California: Questions and Answers [Publication Details] Video Description: Recently, three California municipalities filed for bankruptcy relief under Chapter 9 of the federal bankruptcy code: Stockton, San Bernardino, and Mammoth Lakes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2648

Insufficient ERAF: Examining a Recent Issue in Local Government Finance [Publication Details]

Dec 18, 2012 - Insufficient ERAF: Examining a Recent Issue in Local Government Finance [Publication Details] Video Description: Over the last two years, an unanticipated funding shortfall in Amador and San Mateo Counties cut city and county reimbursements for two complex state-local financial transactions: the triple flip and VLF swap.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2676

Local Government Bankruptcy in California: Questions and Answers - Local Government Bankruptcy in California: Questions and Answers [Video]

Local Government Bankruptcy in California: Questions and Answers - Local Government Bankruptcy in California: Questions and Answers [Video] To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Local Government Bankruptcy in California: Questions and Answers August 7, 2012 Recently, three California municipalities filed for bankruptcy
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=28

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

Feb 20, 2019 - Households with incomes up to $142, 000 i n San Francisco and $70, 000 i n Bakersfield would be eligible for housing constructed using funding from this program. Provides Grants to Local Governments Aimed at Increasing Housing Production.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3941

The 2018-19 Budget: County Assessor Funding

Feb 15, 2018 - Orange, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties get a comparatively small share and schools in these counties receive above-average shares. Los Angeles and San Francisco Counties, in contrast, get a larger share of the countywide property tax and their schools receive smaller shares.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3756