How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - Initial National Analysis by Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Estimated California Renters Owe $1.7   Billion in Unpaid Rent. In October 2020, researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia published a national analysis of rental debt due to COVID ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Housing, Homelessness and Local Government

Oct 22, 2025 - Authorizes New Statewide Vehicles Miles Traveled (VMT) Mitigation “Bank. ” In addition, the budget package creates a new option for developers, at the discretion of the local public agency, to meet their transportation-related CEQA requirements for projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

Local Government Bankruptcy in California: Questions and Answers [Publication Details]

Aug 7, 2012 - Local Government Bankruptcy in California: Questions and Answers [Publication Details] Video Description: Recently, three California municipalities filed for bankruptcy relief under Chapter 9 of the federal bankruptcy code: Stockton, San Bernardino, and Mammoth Lakes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2648

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen). Among other components, the CALGreen state ‑mandated building code includes requirements that new and certain retrofitted homes meet higher water efficiency standards for their outdoor landscapes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

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

Feb 20, 2019 - Given this, offering rewards to cities and counties in hopes of boosting housing production seems like a risky bet. If the Legislature were to allocate funding for rewards, it cannot be sure what effect, if any, such a program would have on home building.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

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

Mar 4, 2020 - While the Commission ’s estimate seems reasonable, it is difficult to estimate what the state ’s costs likely will be in the future. The primary factor that affects the potential annual cost to the state is the number of impasses resulting in fact-finding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4190

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

Feb 14, 2022 - For example, (1)  these types of buildings were built to different code requirements and must be updated to residential building codes; (2)  older buildings may need updating to meet seismic standards for residential occupancies, as well as remediating materials that pose environmental hazards, such as asbestos and lead ‑based paint; and (3)  converting interior
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

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

May 5, 2025 - State statute tasks CSM with determining what constitu tes a state-reimbursable mandate and estimating associated costs. (The process is initiated when a local government files a “test claim ” with CSM for reimbursement of costs to comply with the new requirement.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

May 12, 2021 - First, there remains uncertainty about what costs will be eligible for FEMA reimbursement. Second, how much funding in total will be made available to states for COVID ‑19 ‑related reimbursements is unknown.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

The 2019-20 May Revision: Opportunity Zones

May 11, 2019 - We then compared the income growth of residents of zip codes that received investment to the income growth of residents in comparable zip codes that did not receive investment (using a statistical method known as difference in differences).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4038