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

Mar 4, 2020 - While applicants must submit the certification document in order for their Federal Form I-918 to be approved, government officials are not required to complete the certification document. Similarly, officials are able to withdraw a certification document at any time if an applicant stops cooperating.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4192

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

2018-19 Budget: Voting Equipment for Counties

Mar 16, 2018 - Postal Service or dropped at polls) to county elections officials to be counted. In total, about 58  percent of the 14.6  million ballots cast in the November election in California were VBM ballots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3786

Post Election Manual Tally Mandate

Jan 13, 2016 - The regulations required election officials to conduct manual tallies in contests in which the margin of victory was very narrow. Particularly, counties were required to conduct manual tallies in ten percent of precincts for the affected contests.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3327

Understanding Proposition 218 [Publication Details]

Dec 17, 1996 - The purpose of this guide is to help the Legislature, local officials, and other parties understand Proposition 218, including the actions local governments must take to implement it.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/658

The 2016-17 Budget: Local Government Mandates--Reasonable Reimbursement Methodology

Mar 17, 2016 - The intent of the Legislature in establishing the RRM process was to reduce local governments ’ burden of documenting actual mandate costs, as well as reduce the work of state officials in reviewing and paying associated claims.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3395

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Similarly poor conditions replicated catastrophic outcomes for this species in the summer of 2021, when state officials estimated just 2 percent of migrating juveniles survived. Significant declines—or potential permanent extinctions—of the state’s native fish species represent not just a loss of public trust natural resources, but also impair the state’s fishing industry and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575