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

Oct 22, 2025 - Authorizes New Statewide Vehicles Miles Traveled (VMT) Mitigation “Bank. ” In addition, the budget package creates a new option for developers, at the discretion of the local public agency, to meet their transportation-related CEQA requirements for projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

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

May 30, 2025 - State law further requires our office to analyze any new mandates identified by CSM as a part of our annual analysis of the state budget. In particular, state law directs our office to report on the annual state costs for new mandates and make recommendations to the Legislature as to whether the new mandate should be repealed (permanently
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

May 5, 2025 - State law further requires our office to analyze any new mandates identified by the C ommission as a part of our annual analysis of the state budget. In particular, state law directs our office to report on the annual state costs for new mandates and make recommendations to the Legislature as to whether the new mandate should be repealed
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - State law further requires our office to analyze any new mandates identified b y the Commission as a part of our annual analysis of the state budget. In particular, state law directs our office to report on the annual state costs for new mandates and make recommendations to the Legislature as to whether the new mandates should be repealed, funded, suspended, or modified.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

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

May 2, 2023 - State law further requires our office to analyze any new mandates identified b y the Commission as a part of our annual analysis of the state budget. In particular, state law directs our office to report on the annual state costs for new mandates and make recommendations to the Legislature as to whether the new mandates should be repealed, funded, suspended, or modified.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - Climate Change Will Affect Where New Housing Should Be Built. In recent years, much of the new housing construction in the state has occurred in areas that are at significant risk of the effects of climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

The 2019-20 May Revision: Opportunity Zones

May 11, 2019 - Some of these programs support building of new affordably priced housing by providing direct financial assistance —typically tax credits, grants, or low-cost loans —to housing developers for the construction of new housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4038

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

Feb 28, 2022 - State law further requires our office to analyze any new mandates identified by the commission as a part of our annual analysis of the state budget. In  particular, state law directs our office to report on the annual state costs for new mandates and make recommendations to the Legislature as to whether a new mandate should be repealed
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

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

Jan 24, 2020 - Going forward, shared revenues are expected to increase further as the new road improvement fee on ZEVs takes effect, as well as the fuel taxes and new vehicles fees are adjusted annually for inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142