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

Mar 4, 2020 - Chapter  721 continues to allow officials to subsequently withdraw this certification document, but only if the victim refuses to provide information and assistance when reasonably requested. Finally, Chapter  721 requires agencies that receive requests for the completion of such documents to report annually on the number of victims that submitted requests, the number of documents signed, and the number of documents denied.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4192

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

May 2, 2023 - Unlike Chapter  508, which established a similar redistricting commission for the County of San Diego, the requirements established under Chapter  781 were not requested by the County of Los Angeles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Applicants for an ERF grant must identify the specific encampment or encampments they wish to resolve and provide plans on how they will use requested grant funds and other funding (including local funds) to connect the people in the specified encampment with services and housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

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

May 30, 2025 - Because CSM typically does not find all requirements to be state-reimbursable mandates, the ultimate costs to the state very likely will be less than the amounts local governments are requesting. In addition, the likelihood the state will have to reimburse costs incurred since 2018 is lower due to the statutory changes that took ef fect that year that made raising fees more straightforward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

The 2020-21 Budget: Local Agency Employee Organizations, Impasse Procedures II

Mar 4, 2020 - The intent of Chapter  314 was to permit employee representatives to request fact-finding. The Commission has found that a local government ’s activities related to participating in the fact-finding process constitute a reimbursable mandate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4190

The 2017-18 Budget: National Housing Trust Fund Staffing

Feb 23, 2017 - HCD requests $423,000 for 3 positions to administer the NHTF allocation. LAO Comments. HCD ’s increase in workload to administer the NHTF allocation justifies its request for 3 additional staff in 2017-18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3580

The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan

Feb 9, 2022 - While requests for encampment resolution funding in 2021 ‑22 exceeded availability by $70  million, the Governor ’s proposal goes far beyond funding these original requests. The state ’s ability to spend the major proposed augmentation is unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

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

May 5, 2025 - As such, the ultimate costs to the state likely will be less than the amounts local governments are requesting. Since 2016, the water boa rds have been trying to design permits in a way that minimizes creation of state-reimbursable mandates while also continuing to enforce state and federal water quality laws.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - According to the survey, 80  p ercent of these borrowers requested forbearance during the first months of the pandemic. Could Delinquencies Increase Going Forward? The federal 12 ‑month forbearance guarantee will lapse this spring for borrowers who requested assistance during the first months of the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

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

Mar 17, 2016 - In addition, DOF, SCO, and local governments may request an informal conference on any matter pending with the CSM. An informal conference provides another opportunity for discussing issues before the CSM, including the adoption or rejection of an RRM.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3395