The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 19, 2023 - Budget-Related Legislation Updates California Dream for All Program. Budget-related legislation directs the California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) to make changes to the California Dream for All program, a shared appreciation loan program for first-time homebuyers, intended to better target loans to people who could not purchase a home otherwise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4808

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Sep 16, 2022 - Establishes California Dream for All Program. The 2022-23 budget provides $500  million General Fund one time to establish the California Dream for All Program to help first-time homebuyers purchase a home.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4622

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - Both U.S. citizens and California Dream Act students (sometimes referred to as AB  540 students) are able to participate in the program. (This latter group consists primarily of undocumented students.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 23, 2021 - The first three —Control Sections 11.91, 11.95, and 11. 96 —provide the administration with additional flexibility to expend state and federal funds. The second two —Control Sections 19.56 and 19. 57 —provide appropriations for a variety of legislative priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4452

The Property Tax Inheritance Exclusion

Oct 9, 2017 - Consequently, monthly ownership costs for these homeowners were around $1,000 less than the typical homeowner ($1,650 vs. $670). Because most inherited homes have been owned for decades, children typically are receiving a property with lower ownership costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3706

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - That being said, the recent examples of Control Section 4.05, Control Section 4.12, and the current BCG-focused effort have demonstrated that predicting the level of savings from such activities is difficult.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - This is because the underlying drivers of the decline in applications are not fully understood and, therefore, it is difficult to predict how the number of applications will change in the coming years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

The 2018-19 Budget: Administration of the 2017 Housing Package

Feb 8, 2018 - These activities are inherently difficult to predict. As a result, SB 2 revenue is difficult to predict with accuracy. This difficulty is compounded by the fact that SB 2 creates a new fee. There is no historical data on revenue collection from such a fee that can be used to make projections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3746

The 2026-27 Budget: Office of Emergency Services Next Generation 911 System

Feb 27, 2026 - The State 911 Advisory Board, which consists of 11 members (most with expertise in public safety), is responsible for advising OES on matters related to the state ’s 911 system. Funding for the state ’s 911 system comes from a monthly surcharge on telephone customers deposited in the State Emergency Telephone Number Account (SETNA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A recent scientific  study  by United States Geological Survey researchers predicted that under scenarios of three feet to six feet of sea‑level rise, up to two‑thirds of Southern California beaches may become completely eroded by 2100.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575