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

May 5, 2025 - Two key court decisions addressed this issue: 2007 Court Ruling Allowed Local Governments to Seek Reimbursement for Water Board Mandates. Prior to 2007, state statute exempted water boards ’ water quality permits from the state mandate process (and, therefore, consideration for reimbursement) as they were generally understood to be implementing federal law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

May 30, 2025 - While not directly linked to these mandates, CSM has significant pending workload related to other stormwater permits issued by the state water boards dating back to 2007. This includes 32 pending test claims and 4 additional claims for which CSM has already identified state-reimbursable mandated activities but has not yet developed cost estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

What Is a Mandate? - What Is a Mandate: An Overview [Video]

January 16, 2007 When the state mandates that a local government provide a new program or higher level of service, the California constitution often —but not always —requires the state to reimburse the local government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=42&videoId=43

What Is a Mandate? - What Is a Mandate: Learning Through Examples [Video]

January 16, 2007 When the state mandates that a local government provide a new program or higher level of service, the California constitution often —but not always —requires the state to reimburse the local government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=42&videoId=42

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

Mar 23, 2017 - As part of the 2007 ‑08 Budget Act , the state provided $3  million for incentive grants to local governments to participate in LUCA. Grants ranged from $1,000 to $75,000 per local government. The amount of funding provided to each local government was based on the amount of new construction in each jurisdiction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3629

2018-19 Budget: Voting Equipment for Counties

Mar 16, 2018 - Little has changed since 2007 —most counties continue to use paper-based, optical scan systems for polling place voting. Voting Models Precinct Model of Voting. The traditional voting model relies on precincts —a geographical subdivision of a county determined by a county ’s elections official.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3786

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

Feb 14, 2022 - Some existing program rules, such as the definition of a qualifying infill area, vary between the IIG Program of 2007, which apply to the bond ‑funded portions of the program and the IIG Program of 2019, which apply to the General Fund portions of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - P. (2007). Out of control: What can we learn from the end of Massachusetts rent control? Journal of Urban Economics , 61 (1), 129 –151 . Sinai, T., & Waldfogel, J. (2005). Do low –income housing subsidies increase the occupied housing stock?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345