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

Oct 22, 2025 - These studies, known as negative declarations and environmental impact reports, can provide valuable information to decision-makers and the public and help to avoid unnecessary environmental impacts (pertaining to traffic, air and water quality, and other matters).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - The purpose of encampment resolution is to provide outreach and other help to the people living in an encampment and to transition them to housing —either directly to permanent housing or to a short-term housing arrangement (such as an emergency shelter) while permanent housing is secured for them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - The 2021 ‑22 budget package included funding for regional efforts that could help communities plan for and help mitigate the impacts of climate change on housing. This included $275  million across three years for OPR to administer climate adaptation planning and implementation grants for local governments and regional partnerships.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

The 2020-21 Budget: U-Visa I-918 Form Mandate

Mar 4, 2020 - Have been or is likely to be helpful in the investigation or prosecution of the crime. Federal law also requires applicants provide a certification document —completed by certain government officials within an agency responsible for criminal investigations and prosecutions (such as a police department, district attorney ’s office, or child protective services agency) —certifying
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4192

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

Feb 14, 2022 - In addition to helping to mitigating climate change, some of these proposals would help the state respond to the current impacts of climate change. For example, the proposed MPRROP funding could support weatherization activities to make manufactured homes more resilient to the impacts of extreme heat.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - Summary In this report, we look at how coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID ‑1 9) h as affected renters and homeowners and how state and federal policies have helped to stabilize household finances for both groups.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

The 2019-20 Budget: Considerations for the Governor's Housing Plan

Feb 20, 2019 - As noted earlier, the Legislature could continue to pursue broader changes that facilitate private housing construction, which would help address affordability challenges for middle ‑income households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3941

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

To help explain these issues, we prepared two narrated presentations. What ’s a Mandate —An Overview provides a broad overview of the reimbursement requirement. What ’s a Mandate —Learning Through Examples explores different types of state laws and regulations and helps you walk through the steps to sort out whether or not they would be a state-reimbursable mandate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=42&videoId=43

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - Various Government Programs Help Californians Afford Housing Federal, state, and local governments implement a variety of programs aimed at helping Californians, particularly low –income Californians, afford housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345

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

To help explain these issues, we prepared two narrated presentations. What ’s a Mandate —An Overview provides a broad overview of the reimbursement requirement. What ’s a Mandate —Learning Through Examples explores different types of state laws and regulations and helps you walk through the steps to sort out whether or not they would be a state-reimbursable mandate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=42&videoId=42