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

Mar 4, 2020 - Chapter  721 of 2015 (SB  674, de Le ón) requires that upon the request of a victim or a victim ’s family member, certain officials complete a certification document if the individual is a victim of a qualifying crime and has been or is likely to be helpful to the investigation or prosecution of the crime.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4192

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Since the focus of the state ’s program is on providing housing, grantees generally are limited to using non-ERF funds (such as local funds) for site restoration/clean-up activities. Beginning in 2023-24, budget bill provisional language has set aside ERF monies for local partnerships with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to address encampments fully or partially in a state right-of-way (such as state property adjacent to a freeway).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor's Housing Plan

Feb 14, 2022 - Update on State Excess Sites Program. The state’s review of excess properties has resulted in a dynamic list of sites that are suitable for development. So far, 18 sites have been authorized to move forward with development and between 3,800 and 4,500 units of housing are anticipated on these properties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

The 2019-20 Budget: What Can Be Done to Improve Local Planning for Housing?

Feb 20, 2019 - Some housing site inventories contain thousands of properties —for example, the city of Los Angeles ’ site inventory contains over 20,000 sites. To carry out this task, HCD historically has received funding in the millions of dollars per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

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

Oct 17, 2019 - This program helps to fund infrastructure needed to support higher-density housing built on infill  sites —that  is, sites within already developed communities. Of this amount, $410  million is available to projects in all communities through a competitive grant process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4102

The 2019-20 Budget: Considerations for Governor's Proposals to Address Homelessness

Feb 21, 2019 - Supportive housing also typically takes years to site and build. Balancing out the higher costs and long implementation time is the fact that recipients of these programs are less likely to fall back into homelessness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3942