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

May 5, 2025 - Hold individual or regional workshops annually for specified sectors, including manufacturing, retail, construction, and landscaping industries. Create public participation opportunities when updating and implementing various plans, guidance, and fact sheets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2023-24 Budget: County of Los Angeles Citizens Redistricting Commission Mandate

May 2, 2023 - For example, the county re districting commission is required to hold seven public hearings before drafting a map. With these activities constituting state-reimbursable mandates, the state is responsible for reimbursing the County of Los Angeles for much of the costs related to its redistricting commission.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766

The 2019-20 May Revision: Opportunity Zones

May 11, 2019 - If investors hold on to the investment for multiple years, their tax liability on their deferred capital gains can be reduced. In addition, investors that maintain their investment for at least ten years will not be taxed on any capital gains earned on their Opportunity Zone investment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4038

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

Mar 17, 2016 - Alternatively, the Legislature could consider requiring the CSM to hold an informal conference with DOF and other interested parties prior to adopting an RRM. (Currently, informal conferences are held when requested by an interested party.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3395

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

Feb 20, 2019 - As we discussed in our 2016 r eport,   Common Claims About Proposition 13 , this may be exacerbated by California’s property tax system which can encourage landowners to hold onto vacant or underutilized properties longer than they otherwise would.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - Relative to renters, homeowners tend to be higher income and hold greater savings and other assets, positioning them better to weather financial disruptions. Because of homeowners ’ generally stronger financial position and federal policy response to the pandemic, homeowners have fared relatively well during the pandemic compared to the concerns many observers held during the first months of the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - This type of model allows us to hold constant various economic and demographic factors and isolate the impact of increased market –rate construction on the likelihood of displacement. The results of our regression are show in Figure A1.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345