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

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Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - Cash, Food, and Medical Assistance Can Offset Housing Costs a (In Millions) Free and reduced price lunch 2,838 $4,097 a Where possible, we tried to identify funding targeting children and families. b Earned Income Tax Credit amounts reflect combination of federal tax year data and state fiscal year data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - As shown in Figure  1 , nearly 80  p ercent of households with less than $50, 000 i n annual earnings rent, whereas only 28  p ercent of households with more than $150, 000 i n annual earnings rent. As shown in Figure  2 , more than half of workers who have lost their jobs are members of lower ‑income households (less than $50, 000 i n annual earnings).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

The 2019-20 Budget: Considerations for Governor's Proposals to Address Homelessness

Feb 21, 2019 - How Will the Administration Allocate Grant Funding? The administration proposes allocating the grant funding among CoCs and the most populous cities in the state. Deciding how specifically to allocate the funding among these entities can be difficult and contentious.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3942

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

Feb 20, 2019 - Conversely, a site with height limits over one hundred feet and limited setbacks can accommodate higher ‑density housing such as multistory apartments. By dictating how many sites housing can be built on and at what densities, zoning controls how much housing a community can accommodate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

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

Feb 20, 2019 - Households with incomes up to $142, 000 i n San Francisco and $70, 000 i n Bakersfield would be eligible for housing constructed using funding from this program. Provides Grants to Local Governments Aimed at Increasing Housing Production.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3941

The 2019-20 May Revision: Opportunity Zones

May 11, 2019 - Past experience with New Market Tax Credits also can shed some light on how much of the proposed state Opportunity Zone benefit would be windfalls for investors. A handful of other states have adopted state tax credits that mirror the federal New Market Tax Credit to encourage investors to shift their New Market Tax Credit investment to those states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4038

An Initial Look at Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Local Government Fiscal Condition

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Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - The state imposes certain requirements for how housing must be built through the adoption of statewide building codes, which local governments can then strengthen based on their own priorities. The Legislature may want to consider whether the state should set new or different requirements for how homes are to be built.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan

Feb 9, 2022 - Some key questions to consider about the current proposal include: (1) what would happen to resources once permanent housing comes online, (2) how quickly can the bridge‑funded units be up and running, (3) how does the timing align with the anticipated schedule for more permanent options, (4) does the proposed bridge housing
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521