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

Mar 4, 2020 - PERB provided us data on the number of fact-finding projects opened in the eight fiscal years between 2011 ‑12 and 2018 ‑19. Like the three years used by the Commission, the average number of opened fact-finding cases across these eight fiscal years also averaged to about 40 cases each year; however, the range was much more wide with only 15 cases in 2011 ‑12 and 59 cases in 2012 ‑13.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4190

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

Feb 21, 2019 - It is unclear to us whether local governments would respond any differently to the Governor’s proposal for $200 million General Fund encouraging constructing of shelters. Therefore, this component of the Governor’s proposal would be risky and the Legislature could not be sure what effect, if any, the funds would have on the development of shelters in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3942

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

Feb 20, 2019 - While this observation does not allow us to conclude these programs had no effect on permitting, it suggests that the effect —if any —was small. No Outsized Response From Cities Eligible for Larger Rewards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - Until the pandemic is behind us and jobs can fully return, some renters may continue to accrue rental debt and face a risk of homelessness or housing instability. How Has COVID‑19 Affected Homeowners?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

Letter to Mr. John Shirey, California Redevelopment Association [Publication Details]

Feb 16, 2011 - In our report The 2011-12 Budget: Should California End Redevelopment Agencies? (http://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2440), we analyzed the California Redevelopment Association’s study regarding the economic effects of redevelopment. We concluded that this study significantly overstated the number of jobs resulting from redevelopment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2452

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - This type of model allows us to hold constant various economic and demographic factors and isolate the impact of increased market –rate construction on the likelihood of displacement. The results of our regression are show in Figure A1.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345