California's High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences - Why Doesn’t California Build Enough Housing? [Video]

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California's High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences - Consequences of California's High Housing Costs [Video]

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California's High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences - California's High Housing Costs - Overview [Video]

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

Feb 20, 2019 - These shortages mean that households compete for limited housing, bidding up home prices and rents. Households unwilling or unable to pay these high costs are forced to live somewhere else. Several studies have documented that movement into an area is lower when housing costs are higher.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

The 2019-20 May Revision: Opportunity Zones

May 11, 2019 - This added complexity could create increased administrative burdens for builders, lenders, and government agencies tasked with funding affordable housing. Added complexity also could open the possibility of unintended consequences or misuse of funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4038

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

Mar 17, 2016 - In 1979, voters passed Proposition 4, which added a requirement to the California Constitution that local governments be reimbursed for new programs or higher levels of service that the state imposes on them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3395

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

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - Roughly 700,000 households occupy waiting lists for housing vouchers, almost twice the number of vouchers available. Majority of Low –Income Households Spend More Than Half of Their Income on Housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345

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

Mar 23, 2017 - For the purposes of mailing census questionnaires, the Census Bureau maintains a national residential address list. The Census Bureau takes many steps to keep this list up to date, including incorporating new information from the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3629