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

May 12, 2021 - The economic fallout of the pandemic resulted in a decline in user fees either because public health orders prevented access to services (for example, parks and recreation services) or because government orders protected users from having services shut off due to lack of payment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

The 2018-19 Budget: County Assessor Funding

Feb 15, 2018 - In some counties, the distribution of property tax revenues differs considerably from the statewide average. Orange, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties get a comparatively small share and schools in these counties receive above-average shares.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3756

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Like the point-in-time count, these annual numbers from HDIS also are undercounts, primarily because the HDIS data do not include people experiencing homelessness who did not access any services (and thus did not get recorded in a CoC data system) —or accessed services from a provider who is not part of a CoC (such as veterans experiencing homelessness who received services exclusively from the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - In this report, we look at how the pandemic has affected renters and homeowners and how state and federal policies have helped to stabilize household finances for both groups, preventing many households from experiencing rental evictions and mortgage delinquencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

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

Feb 20, 2019 - Many question how the state could make appropriate decisions about their community without intimate knowledge or their community. Such concerns have prevented the state from taking a more active role in zoning decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - While Chapter  616 of 2018 (S B  824 , Lara) protects homeowners from being dropped by their insurers for one year following a wildfire, over the longer term, homeowners in areas at high risk from wildfires may increasingly have difficulty getting and maintaining insurance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - Most households receive no help from these programs. Those that do often find that it takes several years to get assistance. Roughly 700,000 households occupy waiting lists for housing vouchers, almost twice the number of vouchers available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345