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

Feb 20, 2019 - Also, past attempts to change the allocation of local property taxes or sales taxes have faced stiff resistance from local agencies concerned that such changes would create winners and losers and disrupt the financial health of some communities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

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

Oct 22, 2025 - The 2026-27 allocation is contingent on the enactment of future legislation aimed at enhancing accountability requirements for grantees, such as having a local encampment policy consistent with state guidelines and showing progress on housing-related performance metrics.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

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

Feb 9, 2022 - Conclusion California has made notable progress in its engagement and development of partnerships with local governments since 2018 ‑19 when the state began taking a more active role in addressing homelessness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - Planning and Progress Grants to Address Homelessness. Provides grants to communities to expand or develop emergency shelters, navigation centers, and supportive housing. Proposition  1 (2018) CalHome.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

The 2019-20 Budget: Considerations for Governor's Proposals to Address Homelessness

Feb 21, 2019 - What Milestones Will the Administration Use to Evaluate Local Governments ’ Progress? The administration could evaluate communities based on specific actions, such as zoning land to allow for emergency shelter development, or based on outcomes, such as opening a specific number of beds in new or expanded shelters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3942

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

Feb 20, 2019 - In recent years, the Legislature has made progress on some of these fronts. Conclusion Addressing California ’s housing crisis is one of the most difficult challenges facing the state ’s policy makers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3941

The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor's Housing Plan

Feb 14, 2022 - Setting clear expectations through statute and establishing reporting requirements to facilitate oversight over the state ’s progress towards addressing the housing crisis will be critical. Proposal Specific Comments Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program Volatile GGRF Revenue Makes Predicting Annual AHSC Program Funding Difficult.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535