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 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 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5007

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

May 30, 2025 - For example, CSM determined that requirements to develop certain monitoring and work plans; provide specific information in annual reports; and develop plans for various studies, such as investigations of sediment toxicity in streams, to be state-reimbursable mandates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Due to a lack of adequate information to date on the program ’s activities and impact, and expected upcoming reports from grantees and the administration, we recommend the Legislature wait to decide on funding another ERF round until it receives compelling evidence that program goals are being met.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

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

May 5, 2025 - 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annual state costs for new mandates and make recommendations to the Legislature as to whether the new mandate should be repealed (permanently eliminating it or making it optional), suspended (rendering it inoperative for one year), modified, or funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

Mar 4, 2020 - Since the enactment of Chapter  721, workload has increased for certain state and local agencies as completion of the certification document is no longer discretionary and annual reporting is now required.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4192

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - 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

A Look at Voter-Approval Requirements for Local Taxes [Publication Details]

Mar 20, 2014 - Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2978

The 2012-13 Budget: Unwinding Redevelopment [Publication Details]

Feb 17, 2012 - Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2564