Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - Food benefit amounts vary based on household earnings and household size. CalWORKs. Counties administer monthly cash grants for about 400,000 low ‑income families with children. Grant amounts vary based on earnings and family size.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

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

Feb 20, 2019 - Given this, offering rewards to cities and counties in hopes of boosting housing production seems like a risky bet. If the Legislature were to allocate funding for rewards, it cannot be sure what effect, if any, such a program would have on home building.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - Currently, about 3.3 million low –income households (who earn 80  percent or less of the median income where they live) rent housing in California, including 2.3  million very –low –income households (who earn 50 percent or less of the median income where they live).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345

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

Feb 9, 2022 - Additionally, is the state activ ely disseminating best practices related to homelessness response and providing robust technical assistance to best position local entities for success? Is Cal ICH positioned and supported to effectively oversee the homelessness ‑related programs administered across the many state entities administering them?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Accordingly, arrest data are the best proxy. Other factors also add uncertainty. For example, the number of interrogations may fluctuate based on local policing decisions or changes in the number of youth arrests.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - As shown in Figure  1 , nearly 80  p ercent of households with less than $50, 000 i n annual earnings rent, whereas only 28  p ercent of households with more than $150, 000 i n annual earnings rent. As shown in Figure  2 , more than half of workers who have lost their jobs are members of lower ‑income households (less than $50, 000 i n annual earnings).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

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

Feb 20, 2019 - What Is the Best Timeline for Awarding New Affordable Housing Funding? Even if the Legislature ultimately approves the Governor ’s proposals, the Legislature should consider the best timeline for awarding the new housing funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3941

The 2019-20 May Revision: Opportunity Zones

May 11, 2019 - In addition, investors that maintain their investment for at least ten years will not be taxed on any capital gains earned on their Opportunity Zone investment. Various Government Programs Help Californians Afford Housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4038

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

Mar 23, 2017 - The process currently is referred to as the Census Coverage Measurement. To reach this measurement, the Census Bureau estimates what proportion of the count was enumerated correctly, what proportion was enumerated incorrectly (double counted, for instance), and the extent to which indi viduals were omitted from the count.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3629

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

Feb 21, 2019 - Refer to our March   2015 r eport, California’s High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences , to learn more about how CEQA affects development. Key Implementation Issues Key Questions Surrounding Homelessness Proposals Remain.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3942