The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Housing, Homelessness and Local Government

Oct 22, 2025 - The 2026-27 allocation is contingent on the enactment of future legislation aimed at enhancing accountability requirements for grantees, such as having a local encampment policy consistent with state guidelines and showing progress on housing-related performance metrics.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

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

May 5, 2025 - Because the California Constitution does not require the state to reimburse local governments for costs to comply with federal law, disagreements have arisen over the years about whether all of the requirements in a given water quality permit are specifically required by federal law or whether they impose ad ditional requirements from the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2018-19 Budget: County Assessor Funding

Feb 15, 2018 - DOF would then adjust these figures to account for any changes in productivity among existing staff. To determine if existing employees experienced a change in productivity, DOF would compare the value added by existing employees during years the county receives SSCAP funding to a baseline year (2017 ‑18).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3756

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - California has 12  percent of the total population in the U.S. but accounts for about one-quarter of the country ’s homelessness count. State ’s Data System Suggests Number of People Experiencing Homelessness Is Even Higher.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

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

Jan 24, 2020 - Inflationary adjustments for all fuel excise taxes —both those previously existing and those added under SB   1 —will begin July 1, 2020. The legislation created two new vehicle fees: (1)  a transportation improvement fee and (2)  a road improvement fee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Specifically, while Latino workers represent about 38  percent of the state ’s overall workforce, they account for 60  percent of the workers in primarily outdoor ‑based industries. More Frequent Disruptions and Instability Climate Impacts Will Be Disruptive for California ’s Residents and Economy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

Post Election Manual Tally Mandate

Jan 13, 2016 - LAO Comments Post Election Manual Tally Mandate Would Be Added to Backlog. Under the Governor ’s proposal, county costs related to this mandate would be added to the existing backlog for mandate claims.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3327

Sheriff Court-Security Services Mandate

May 27, 2016 - LAO Comments Sheriff Court-Security Services Mandate Would Be Added to Backlog. Under the Governor ’s proposal, county costs related to this mandate would be added to the existing backlog for mandate claims.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3478

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - Journal of Housing Economics , 11 (4), 360 –380 . Munch, J. R., & Svarer, M. (2002). Rent control and tenancy duration. Journal of Urban Economics , 52 (3), 542 –560 . Rosenthal, S. S. (2014). Are Private Markets and Filtering a Viable Source of Low –Income Housing?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345

Recent Housing and Homelessness Augmentations and Oversight [Publication Details]

Feb 15, 2023 - Presented to: Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development, Assembly Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review, Assembly Committee on Health, Assembly Committee on Human Services,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4685