The 2017-18 Budget: Local Update of Census Address Program Overview

Mar 23, 2017 - To that end, the Census Bureau plans to send mailed questionnaires to only a portion of households. All other households will receive invitations—by mail and perhaps electronically—to fill out the census questionnaire online.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3629

2018-19 Budget: Voting Equipment for Counties

Mar 16, 2018 - In the years following Proposition  41 ’s passage, some counties replaced defunct punch card voting systems with electronic voting equipment. By 2005, actions taken by then Secretary of State Kevin Shelley and the Legislature imposed certain restrictions on electronic voting systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3786

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Every quarter, each CoC sends to HDIS various data collected in its local information system on persons they provided services to (such as a shelter bed or case management). According to HDIS, California ’s 44 CoCs collectively provided services to about 337,000 people (unduplicated) who were experiencing homelessness during calendar year 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

Post Election Manual Tally Mandate

Jan 13, 2016 - Federal law defines a voting system as “the total combination of mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic equipment…that is used to define ballots, to cast and count ballots, to report or display election results and to produce and maintain any audit trail information.”
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3327

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Similarly, rural communities that are at greater risk of experiencing water shortages due to droughts tend to be home to large proportions of households with residents of color and who earn lower incomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575