California's High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences - Why Doesn’t California Build Enough Housing? [Video]

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California's High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences - Consequences of California's High Housing Costs [Video]

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California's High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences - California's High Housing Costs - Overview [Video]

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

Oct 22, 2025 - These studies, known as negative declarations and environmental impact reports, can provide valuable information to decision-makers and the public and help to avoid unnecessary environmental impacts (pertaining to traffic, air and water quality, and other matters).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

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

May 5, 2025 - Specifically, the state can suspend the mandate for one year, meaning local governments are not required to comply, and the state does not provide funding for related costs. The sta te also can modify the mandate to reduce costs —for example, by easing its requirements or making them optional.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Likewise, people will stay homeless, or be at risk of homelessness, until they can find stable housing they can afford. Figure  1 shows that since 2019-20, the state has provided about $37  billion in funding for housing- and homelessness-related programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Interrogations can have significant implications on outcomes for youths in the juvenile justice system. As discussed above, the information collected through an interrogation can be used to file a petition in juvenile court.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

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

Feb 28, 2022 - When the Legislature considers changes to the law, it can weigh the benefits of the policy against potential fiscal liabilities that might result if the legislation were to create a state ‑reimbursable mandate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - This, in turn, can lead to more diseased, dying, and dead trees, which can exacerbate the severity of wildfires by providing more combustible  fuels. According to the state ’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment , by 2100, the frequency of extreme wildfires burning over 25,000 acres could increase by nearly 50 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - Accordingly, the Legislature could consider how it can encourage new homes to be built with climate resilience in mind, when feasible. The state imposes certain requirements for how housing must be built through the adoption of statewide building codes, which local governments can then strengthen based on their own priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584