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

Considering the State's Role in Elections - How Do Elections Work Today? [Video]

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video How Do Elections Work Today? May 3, 2017
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=109

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

Common Claims About Proposition 13 - Introduction to Proposition 13 [Video]

Today, there are many questions about the impacts of these changes. Our report Common Claims About Proposition 13  examines some of these questions and which of them can be answered by the data available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=103

Common Claims About Proposition 13 - Are Similar Property Owners Taxed Differently Under Proposition 13? [Video]

Today, there are many questions about the impacts of these changes. Our report Common Claims About Proposition 13  examines some of these questions and which of them can be answered by the data available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=103&videoId=153

Common Claims About Proposition 13 - Did Proposition 13 Cause Residential Properties to Pay a Larger Share of Property Tax? [Video]

Today, there are many questions about the impacts of these changes. Our report Common Claims About Proposition 13  examines some of these questions and which of them can be answered by the data available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=103&videoId=154

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Staff reviews the applications, scores them, and makes the awards. (Cal ICH staff administered the program through 2023-24. The state transferred program administration to HCD —also under the BCSH Agency umbrella —beginning in 2024-25.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Housing and Homelessness

Oct 17, 2019 - Cities and counties that adopt these policies would receive additional points in the scoring of their applications for certain state grant programs. The budget package tasks HCD with creating criteria to identify pro-housing policies that reflect differences between rural, urban, an d suburban jurisdictions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4102

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

Mar 17, 2016 - In future years, for example, the state may suspend fewer local government mandates than it does today, and this could provide an impetus for more RRM proposals. Based on this perspective, we recommend the Legislature reject the administration ’s trailer bill proposal to require an audit of all claims used to develop an RRM.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3395

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

Feb 9, 2022 - As Cal ICH reviews applications, their scoring system prioritizes funding for applications that (1)  demonstrate a commitment to collaborate with local and state partners to resolve encampment issues; (2)  address encampments with 50 or more occupants; and (3)  reflect a diverse range of communities across the state, including rural, urban, and suburban communities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521