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

May 5, 2025 - In those cases, the suspension also makes the required activity optional for local governments to conduct for that forthcoming year. In the case of the current mandate, however, the proposal is essentially a retroactive suspensi on.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Allowable uses of the funds include outreach to people living in the identified encampments; housing navigators and other case managers to connect people with housing, health care, and other services they may need; improvements to and expansion of emergency shelters and other short-term housing; and delivery of permanent housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

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

May 30, 2025 - Unless and until a different appellate court or the California Supreme Court were to reach an alternative conclusion in a future similar case, we cannot find a strong analytical reason for the Legislature to disregard the current court decision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Without a waiver of Miranda rights, information collected through a law enforcement interrogation generally is not permissible in a court case filed against the youth. State Required Legal Counsel for Certain Arrested Youths.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

The 2020-21 Budget: Local Agency Employee Organizations, Impasse Procedures II

Mar 4, 2020 - Like the three years used by the Commission, the average number of opened fact-finding cases across these eight fiscal years also averaged to about 40 cases each year; however, the range was much more wide with only 15 cases in 2011 ‑12 and 59 cases in 2012 ‑13.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4190

An Initial Look at Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Local Government Fiscal Condition

May 12, 2021 - In the case of the 24 c ities most reliant on TOT (the top 5 p ercent), TOT collections in 2018 ‑ 19 c onstituted between 15 p ercent and 59 p ercent of the cities ’ 2018 ‑ 19 l ocal revenues. Significant Reliance on User Fee Revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - In many cases, impacts will be felt most acutely by low ‑income households who disproportionately live in (1)  areas of the state that will be exposed to higher risks and (2)  types of housing that are typically less resilient.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

The 2019-20 May Revision: Opportunity Zones

May 11, 2019 - In some cases, the federal government makes payments to landlords —known as housing vouchers —on behalf of low-income tenants for a portion of a rental unit ’s monthly cost. In other cases, local governments have policies that require property owners charge below-market prices and rents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4038

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

Feb 20, 2019 - This may not be a sufficient financial incentive for local elected officials to take what would, in many cases, be very unpopular actions to boost housing. Offering Rewards in Hopes of Increasing Home Building Would Be Risky.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

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

Feb 14, 2022 - As  has been the case in recent years, the Governor ’s budget continues to acknowledge the significant need for additional housing in the state and proposes programs that support housing development.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535