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

Feb 20, 2019 - Then, average the percentages across all income categories to obtain a single progress rate. ( 3)   C ompare RHNA Progress to Statewide Average. Average the progress rates across all cities and counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - Complicating matters, California ’s insurance regulations limit how rates are set and specify many aspects of insurance coverage. For example, rates are based on historical losses and cannot integrate models that estimate how climate change could increase some catastrophic risks in the near future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - In communities with inclusionary housing policies, most new market –rate construction is paired with construction of new affordable housing. It is possible that the new affordable housing units associated with increased market –rate development —and not market –rate development itself —could be mitigating displacement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - The estimated unemployment rate for workers in lower ‑income households ( 15  p ercent) is five times higher than the estimated unemployment rate for workers in higher ‑income households ( 3  p ercent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

SB 1 Has Doubled Major Source of State Funding for Local Streets and Roads

Jan 24, 2020 - In addition, the “swap tax ” rate on gasoline was modified from being administratively determined based on estimated gasoline prices to being set at 17.3 cents per gallon on July 1, 2019. (This reflects an increase over the previous rate of 11.7 cents per gallon.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Criminal Justice Realignment [Publication Details]

Jan 27, 2009 - We recommend that the Legislature finance this criminal justice realignment by increasing the vehicle license fee (VLF) rate to 1 percent (which results in a revenue gain of $1.1 billion) and redirecting $359 million of existing VLF revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1913

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

Mar 17, 2016 - Moreover, this error rate likely does not reflect the error rate across all claims as SCO targets audits based on the risk factors discussed above. (Notably, reductions to community college claims reflected over half of the total adjustments.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3395

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

Feb 14, 2022 - HCD does not have a projection on the rate of reduction. As  mobilehomes are installed on foundation systems and mobilehome owners convert to property taxes, the amount of funding available diminishes each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - More Frequent and Intense Droughts Warmer temperatures also contribute to more frequent and intense droughts by leading to a decline in and faster melting of winter snowpack, greater rates of evaporation, and drier soils.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Mar 23, 2017 - The administration cites the low take-up rate of the 2007 ‑08 grants as an indicator that the grants need to be increased in order to achieve better participation from cities and counties. Moreover, the administration believes city and county participation is particularly important because the Census Bureau will no longer be validating 100  percent of the national residential address list through fieldwork.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3629