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

May 5, 2025 - However, CSM said that costs were not reimbursable after 2017 because SB 231 made it less burdensome for local governments to increase fees beginning in 2018. The commission estimates that, in total, local reimbursements for these activities will cost the state less than $1 million (between $459,106 and $690,409, depending on how many final local reimbursement claims ultimately are submitted).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

May 30, 2025 - Final costs will total around $3  million (between $2.4  million and $3.7  million). Funding these mandates does not have direct out-year fiscal implications for the state. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

The 2018-19 Budget: County Assessor Funding

Feb 15, 2018 - Doing so would mean that each county would pay a share of costs for the upgrade that is proportionate to their share of any new revenue generated from the upgrade. Focusing on technology upgrades also would have a few advantages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3756

2018-19 Budget: Voting Equipment for Counties

Mar 16, 2018 - In addition, under the vote center model, all registered voters will receive a VBM ballot, not just those who have opted to do so. Senate Bill  450 allows 14 specific counties to implement the vote center model in 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3786

The 2018-19 Budget: County Assessor Funding [Publication Details]

Feb 15, 2018 - The 2018-19 Budget: County Assessor Funding [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3756

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Beginning in 2018, Chapter  681 of 2017 (SB  395, Lara) required that arrested youths age 15 and younger be provided a consultation with legal counsel before they may waive their Miranda rights or be interrogated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

An Initial Look at Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Local Government Fiscal Condition

May 12, 2021 - Although we do not have data on TOT collections during the pandemic, there is clear evidence that travel declined significantly. Consequently, TOT collections also likely dropped. Local governments that rely more heavily on TOT revenues —meaning TOT makes up a larger share of overall revenue sources —likely have seen larger revenue declines than those that rely on other revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - Undertaken by the Governor ’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR), as required by Chapter  626 of 2018 (S B  901 , Dodd) and Chapter  641 of 2018 (A B  2911 , Friedman), this effort is intended to assist local governments develop effective policies, codes, standards, and programs aimed at mitigating fire hazards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

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

Mar 4, 2020 - The law requires employee representatives and employers to do specific activities within specific time frames to set up the fact-finding panel and to aid the panel in its work. The fact-finding panel makes findings of fact and recommends advisory terms of settlement to the parties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4190

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Not only do high ‑severity wildfires take lives and level homes, businesses, and community infrastructure, they also destroy fish and wildlife habitats. Moreover, intense wildfires can also impair air quality throughout the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575