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

Feb 20, 2019 - Given this, offering rewards to cities and counties in hopes of boosting housing production seems like a risky bet. If the Legislature were to allocate funding for rewards, it cannot be sure what effect, if any, such a program would have on home building.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

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

May 5, 2025 - The commission estimates that, in total, local reimbursements for these activities will cost the state less than $1 million (between $459,106 and $690,409, depending on how many final local reimbursement claims ultimately are submitted).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - Climate Change Will Affect How New Housing Should Be Built. Climate change will not only affect where but also how new housing should be built. This includes both the design of individual homes as well as of communities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Applicants for an ERF grant must identify the specific encampment or encampments they wish to resolve and provide plans on how they will use requested grant funds and other funding (including local funds) to connect the people in the specified encampment with services and housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - For example, the Commission estimates how many youths would require legal counsel before the waiver of Miranda rights and prior to an interrogation by using annual arrest data. Although data specifically on how many youths ages 16 and 17 were subject to an inter rogation would be preferable, such data are not available statewide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

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 solution make sense for individuals
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners? 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 2022-23 Budget: The Governor's Housing Plan

Feb 14, 2022 - Assess How Governor ’s Housing Package Moves State Forward Towards Addressing Housing Goals. Collectively, the Governor ’s housing proposals would help build more housing across the state, however, precisely how much and where is unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing [Publication Details]

Apr 5, 2022 - This report focuses on how a changing climate is affecting the housing sector and key issues the Legislature faces in responding to those impacts. This is one of a series of reports summarizing how climate change will impact different sectors across California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4584

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