The 2019-20 May Revision: Opportunity Zones

May 11, 2019 - First, marrying Opportunity Zone benefits with affordable housing financing could complicate an already complex process which often involves multiple funding steams and complicated legal arrangements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4038

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

Feb 20, 2019 - These shortages mean that households compete for limited housing, bidding up home prices and rents. Households unwilling or unable to pay these high costs are forced to live somewhere else. Several studies have documented that movement into an area is lower when housing costs are higher.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - These programs generally work in one of three ways: (1) increasing the supply of moderately priced housing, (2) paying a portion of households ’ rent costs, or (3) limiting the prices and rents property owners may charge for housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - Cash, Food, and Medical Assistance Can Offset Housing Costs a (In Millions) Free and reduced price lunch 2,838 $4,097 a Where possible, we tried to identify funding targeting children and families. b Earned Income Tax Credit amounts reflect combination of federal tax year data and state fiscal year data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

SB 1 Has Doubled Major Source of State Funding for Local Streets and Roads

Jan 24, 2020 - In addition, the “swap tax ” rate on gasoline was modified from being administratively determined based on estimated gasoline prices to being set at 17.3 cents per gallon on July 1, 2019. (This reflects an increase over the previous rate of 11.7 cents per gallon.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142