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

Feb 20, 2019 - Because 20 year projections would be imprecise, these projections and housing element plans would need to be updated frequently —such as every five years —based on the latest demographic and economic information.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

Major Milestones: Over Four Decades of the State-Local Fiscal Relationship [Publication Details]

Nov 29, 2012 - The latest version has been updated to reflect recent elections, 2011 realignment, and the dissolution of redevelopment and expanded to include milestones related to education finance. Note: The PDF file has three pages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2669

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - While not directly linked to these mandates, CSM has significant pending workload related to other stormwater permits issued by the state water boards dating back to 2007. This includes 32 pending test claims and 4 additional claims for which CSM has already identified state-reimbursable mandated activities but has not yet developed cost estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

May 5, 2025 - While not directly linked to this mandate, CSM has significant pending workload related to other stormwater permits issued by the state water boards dating back to 2007. This includes 32 pending test claims and 4 additional claims for which CSM has already identified state-reimbursable mandated activities but has not yet developed cost estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2022-23 Budget: Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges Mandate

Feb 28, 2022 - While not directly linked to this mandate, the commission has 37 pending test claims related to other stormwater permits issued by the state water boards dating back to 2009. If the commission were to find that some activities required by the permits constitute state ‑reimbursable mandates, the Legislature may receive additional proposals to reimburse those costs in future budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - Nonetheless, we continue to find that increased market –rate housing construction is linked to reduced displacement after using common statistical techniques to account for these factors. (See the technical appendix for more details.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - Some key questions for the Legisl ature to consider include (1)  to what extent homeowners in lower ‑risk areas should be required to subsidize homeowners in higher ‑risk areas; (2)  whether and to what extent the state should use insurance to influence private actions, such as through linking home modifications more closely to rates; (3)  whether rules governing insurance rates
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Poor air quality also has been linked to a wide variety of adverse health effects, including increased risk of asthma, cardiovascular disease, cognitive impairment, and premature births. While overall health effects from wildfire smoke still are being studied, a rough estimate suggests wildfire smoke in 2020 caused about 20 deaths per 100,000 adults over the age of 65.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575