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

Jan 24, 2020 - How Maintenance of Local Streets and Roads Is Funded The 482 cities and 58 counties in California own and maintain over 325,000 lane-miles of local streets and roads, which represents 82  percent of the total lane-miles in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

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

Feb 20, 2019 - Although affordable housing approvals between 2010 and 2016 (the period covered by the Housing ‑Related Parks Program) were down across the state relative to the preceding seven years, cities with the most disadvantaged neighborhoods (top fifth of all cities) saw a bigger decline — 23  p ercent decrease compared to a 14  p ercent decrease in other cities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

2018-19 Budget: Voting Equipment for Counties

Mar 16, 2018 - In total, about 58  percent of the 14.6  million ballots cast in the November election in California were VBM ballots. The share of voters casting VBM ballots in that election varied across the state from fewer than one-half of voters casting their ballots by mail in Los Angeles, Lassen, and Merced Counties to more than 90  percent of registered voters voting by mail in Napa, Alpine, Plumas, and Sierra Counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3786

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

Mar 17, 2016 - Currently, there are 58 active education mandates and 22 active local government mandates for which the CSM has adopted Parameters and Guidelines. Of these, six mandates —Habitual Truants, Graduation Requirements, Behavioral Intervention Plans, Immunization Records (Pertussis), Peace Officers Procedural Bill of Rights, and Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharge —use an RRM.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3395

California's Low-Income Housing Tax Credit [Publication Details]

May 1, 1990 - In 1989 the Legislature enacted legislation (58 726, L. Greene) to continue the state low-income housing tax credit program as long as a related federal program exists. That legislation also requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to evaluate the effectiveness of this program. This policy brief provides the evaluation, and makes recommendations for changes to improve the program's effectiveness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/538

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

May 12, 2021 - Further, whereas the top quartile of counties received federal funds that represented at least 31 p ercent of 2018 ‑ 19 r evenues, the top quartile of cities received federal funds that represented at least 20 p ercent of 2018 ‑ 19 r evenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A  2018   report  by the State Coastal Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy found that 55 percent of California’s existing coastal habitats are highly vulnerable to five feet of sea‑level rise, including 60 percent of the state’s iconic beaches and 58 percent of its marshes. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - As Figure 3 shows, displacement was more than twice as likely in low –income census tracts with little market –rate housing construction (bottom fifth of all tracts) than in low –income census tracts with high construction levels (top fifth of all tracts).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345