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 2020-21 Budget: U-Visa I-918 Form Mandate

Mar 4, 2020 - Federal law also requires applicants provide a certification document —completed by certain government officials within an agency responsible for criminal investigations and prosecutions (such as a police department, district attorney ’s office, or child protective services agency) —certifying that the applicant (1)  is a victim of a qualifying crime and (2)  has been or is likely to be helpful in the investigation or prosecution of that crime.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4192

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

May 5, 2025 - The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local governments when (1)  new state laws or regulations mandate that they implement a new program or higher level of service and (2)  the local government does not have offsetting revenues —such as fees or federal funds —available to cover the associated costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - Provides home loans to eligible veterans, including veterans who may not otherwise qualify for a home loan. Infill Infrastructure Grant Program. Provides grant funding for infrastructure improvements for new infill housing in residential and/or mixed ‑use projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

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 2016-17 Budget: Local Government Mandates--Reasonable Reimbursement Methodology

Mar 17, 2016 - Under law, CSM determines whether a state requirement qualifies as a reimbursable mandate. The CSM adopts “Parameters and Guidelines ” that list the specific activities that are reimbursable. The State Controller ’s Office (SCO) then issues claiming instructions for local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3395

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

Feb 14, 2022 - Some existing program rules, such as the definition of a qualifying infill area, vary between the IIG Program of 2007, which apply to the bond ‑funded portions of the program and the IIG Program of 2019, which apply to the General Fund portions of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

2018-19 Budget: Voting Equipment for Counties

Mar 16, 2018 - Proposition  1A required the state (1)  to reimburse local governments for these outstanding prior-years ’ mandates costs and (2)  either to suspend or reimburse local governments for state mandates on an ongoing basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3786

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

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Figure 2 Through 2024 ‑25, the State Has Provided $900 Million for Four Rounds of ERF General Fund (In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007