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: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Beginning in 2023-24, budget bill provisional language has set aside ERF monies for local partnerships with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to address encampments fully or partially in a state right-of-way (such as state property adjacent to a freeway).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor's Housing Plan

Feb 14, 2022 - For the 2022 ‑23 augmentation, HCD anticipates releasing the NOFA in January 2023 and announcing awards in June 2023. For the 2023 ‑24 augmentation, HCD anticipates releasing the NOFA in January 2024 and announcing awards in June 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

The 2023-24 Budget: County of Los Angeles Citizens Redistricting Commission Mandate

May 2, 2023 - The 2023-24 Budget: County of Los Angeles Citizens Redistricting Commission Mandate The 2023-24 Budget County of Los Angeles Citizens Redistricting Commission Mandate Constitution Requires the State to Reimburse Local Governments for Mandated Activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766

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

Feb 21, 2019 - Given the conceptual nature of many of the Governor ’s major homelessness proposals, we highlight key questions the Legislature might want to ask the administration as it considers the merits of the requests.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3942

The 2023-24 Budget: County of Los Angeles Citizens Redistricting Commission Mandate [Publication Details]

May 2, 2023 - The 2023-24 Budget: County of Los Angeles Citizens Redistricting Commission Mandate [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4766

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

Feb 20, 2019 - Furthermore, given the conceptual nature of many of the Governor ’s housing proposals, we highlight key questions the Legislature should ask the administration as it considers the merits of the proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3941

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

May 5, 2025 - In 2023, CSM determined that the specific requirements listed in Figure 1 were state mandates. It further determined that between June 1, 2009 and December 31, 2017, these mandates were reimbursable by the state because during that period, local governments did not have fee authority sufficient to cover the cost due to the applicability of the Proposition 218 voter approval requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Below, we highlight some of the most significant crosscutting state ‑level efforts and funding. Significant Funding in 2021‑22 Budget Package . As summarized in Figure 7, the 2021‑22 budget package included $9.3 billion over three years—primarily from the General Fund—for a variety of activities to respond to climate impacts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575