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

Mar 4, 2020 - The 2020-21 Budget: U-Visa I-918 Form Mandate The 2020-21 Budget U-Visa I-918 Form Mandate Constitution Requires the State to Reimburse Local Governments for Mandated Activities. State law tasks the Commission on State Mandates with determining whether new state laws or regulations affecting local governments create state-reimbursable mandates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4192

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

Oct 22, 2025 - Amends CEQA Requirements Pertaining to Various Housing and Other Development. The changes, which are contained in three budget trailer bills, include: (1)  narrowing the scope of existing required environmental reviews for housing projects that meet all but one criterion for an exemption from the CEQA process and (2)  eliminating the requirement
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

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

May 30, 2025 - We also find that suspending the mandates would not actually remove the past requirements, meaning that the local governments could not go back in time and cease required activities to avoid incurring costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

May 5, 2025 - Because the California Constitution does not require the state to reimburse local governments for costs to comply with federal law, disagreements have arisen over the years about whether all of the requirements in a given water quality permit are specifically required by federal law or whether they impose ad ditional requirements from the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - To assist the Legislature in its fiscal oversight role of this large and multiyear program, this post: (1) provides data on the size of the population of people experiencing homelessness in California and recent state spending on housing and homelessness; (2) describes the ERF program’s goals, funding, and reporting requirements; (3) provides an update on ERF grantee awards,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5007

The 2017-18 Budget: Local Update of Census Address Program Overview

Mar 23, 2017 - Participating in LUCA is not required, but the federal government encourages local governments to participate. 2010 Census Count Determined Accurate. Since 1980, the Census Bureau has attempted to measure the accuracy of the decennial census.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3629

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - (A CoC is a federally required regional planning and coordination body comprising local governments, nonprofit service providers, and other member entities focused on addressing homelessness in their area.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

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

Feb 9, 2022 - In addition, under BH ‑CIP, the local match can be provided in the form of cash or in ‑kind contributions (such as land or existing structures) subject to approval from  the  state. Community Care Expansion Program Community Care Expansion (CCE) Program Implementation Update.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

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

Feb 20, 2019 - Form dictates building height and bulk, the share of land covered by buildings, and the distance of buildings from neighboring properties and roads. Rules about form effectively determine how many housing units can be built on a particular site.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Exempted from this requirement are interrogations by probation officers in their normal duties an d questioning necessary to protect life or property from an imminent threat. Under Chapter  681, these requirements were to sunset beginning January 1, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910