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 2018-19 Budget: County Assessor Funding

Feb 15, 2018 - In 2018 ‑19, the county receives SSCAP funding to hire five new staff. In 2018 ‑19, work completed by the new staff results in $100  million in additional taxable value. In the same year, existing staff account for $450  million in additional taxable value —a $50  million decline from 2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3756

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

May 12, 2021 - The median county received federal funding representing 24 p ercent of 2018 ‑ 19 l ocal revenues, while the median cities received about 14 p ercent of 2018 ‑ 19 r evenues. Further, whereas the top quartile of counties received federal funds that represented at least 31 p ercent of 2018 ‑ 19 r evenues, the top quartile of cities received federal funds that represented at least 20 p ercent of 2018 ‑ 19 r evenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - Below, we provide further details on how COVID ‑19 has affected renters and homeowners. How Has COVID‑19 Affected Renters and Rental Debt? Exact Amount of Unpaid Rent as a Result of COVID ‑19 Pandemic Unknown.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

Common Claims About Proposition 13 - Introduction to Proposition 13 [Video]

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Introduction to Proposition 13 September 19, 2016
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=103

Common Claims About Proposition 13 - Are Similar Property Owners Taxed Differently Under Proposition 13? [Video]

September 19, 2016
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=103&videoId=153

Common Claims About Proposition 13 - Did Proposition 13 Cause Residential Properties to Pay a Larger Share of Property Tax? [Video]

September 19, 2016
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SB 1 Has Doubled Major Source of State Funding for Local Streets and Roads

Jan 24, 2020 - In the fiscal ye ar prior to the passage of SB  1 (2016 ‑17), $1.3  billion was distributed to cities and counties as shared revenues, which was 19  percent of the total funding made available for local streets and roads.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

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 2020-21 Budget: Local Agency Employee Organizations, Impasse Procedures II

Mar 4, 2020 - PERB provided us data on the number of fact-finding projects opened in the eight fiscal years between 2011 ‑12 and 2018 ‑19. Like the three years used by the Commission, the average number of opened fact-finding cases across these eight fiscal years also averaged to about 40 cases each year; however, the range was much more wide with only 15 cases in 2011 ‑12 and 59 cases in 2012 ‑13.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4190