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

Oct 22, 2025 - The budget provides $2.4  million one-time General Fund for the Civil Right Department ’s California vs. Hate initiative. California vs. Hate is a non-emergency hotline and online portal that allows state residents to report hate crimes and hate incidents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

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

May 5, 2025 - (The test claims also included some additional activities which CSM deemed were either not state mandates or not reimbursable by the state.) Figure 1 2009 Orange County Urban Stormwater Permit ’s State ‑Reimbursable Mandated Activities Based on Commission on State Mandates ’ Decision Submit a proposed cooperative watershed program that implements required selenium limits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

SB 1 Has Doubled Major Source of State Funding for Local Streets and Roads

Jan 24, 2020 - Inflationary adjustments for all fuel excise taxes —both those previously existing and those added under SB   1 —will begin July 1, 2020. The legislation created two new vehicle fees: (1)  a transportation improvement fee and (2)  a road improvement fee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - This includes 32 pending test claims and 4 additional claims for which CSM has already identified state-reimbursable mandated activities but has not yet developed cost estimates. Each test claim submitted to CSM is different and has to be considered individually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

The 2022-23 Budget: Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges Mandate

Feb 28, 2022 - Multiple Additional Stormwater ‑Related Test Claims Pending at the Commission. While not directly linked to this mandate, the commission has 37 pending test claims related to other stormwater permits issued by the state water boards dating back to 2009.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

Sheriff Court-Security Services Mandate

May 27, 2016 - The commission noted in its estimate, however, that there are additional counties that alleged costs in the test claim that have not yet filed claims. Accordingly, the cost of the mandate could increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3478

2018-19 Budget: Voting Equipment for Counties

Mar 16, 2018 - Testing and approving all voting equipment (counties may only purchase equipment approved by the Secretary of State, but may choose from among the approved list). Compiling the tabulation of votes from each county.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3786

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

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

May 12, 2021 - For example, the Department of Public Health has allocated more than $1. 5 b illion in federal funds to local public health jurisdictions to expand lab capacity; increase testing, contact tracing, surveillance, and epidemiology activities; improve data reporting; conduct targeted outreach to vulnerable communities; and manage distribution and administration of vaccinations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - To assist the Legislature in its fiscal oversight role of this large and multiyear program, this post: (1) provides data on the size of the population of people experiencing homelessness in California and recent state spending on housing and homelessness; (2) describes the ERF program’s goals, funding, and reporting requirements; (3) provides an update on ERF grantee awards,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5007