The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - To assist the Legislature in its fiscal oversight role of this large and multiyear program, this post: (1)  provides data on the size of the population of people experiencing homelessness in California and recent state spending on housing and homelessness; (2)  describes the ERF program ’s goals, funding, and reporting requirements; (3)  provides an update on ERF grantee awards,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

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

Jan 24, 2020 - Three of the fuel tax increases went into effect on November 1, 2017 and include a (1)  12 cent per gallon increase to the gasoline excise tax, (2)  20 cent per gallon increase to the diesel fuel excise tax, and (3)  4  percent increase to the diesel sales tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - Farmworker Housing Grant Program — Local Housing Trust Fund Program — Proposition  2 (2018): No Place Like Home $400 State Low ‑Income Housing Tax Credit 100 Farm and Home Loan Program 56 School Teacher and Employee Assistance Program $6 Single Family Down Payment Assistance 53 CalWORKs Family Stabilization, Housing Component 4 Housing and Disability Advocacy
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

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

Feb 21, 2019 - Specifically, ( 1)  h ow will the program measure success given the data collection challenges the administration has faced in the pilot, ( 2)  w hich counties will be eligible for additional HDAP funding, ( 3)  w hether the funds will be made available through a competitive process or set allocations, and ( 4)  w hether counties would be required to match state funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3942

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

Oct 22, 2025 - The reverted funds come from three sources: (1)  the Infill Infrastructure Grant (IIG) Program, (2)  IIG Catalytic Program, and (3)  Commercial Property Pilot Program. Savings were scored to 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - According to a nationwide survey conducted by the National Multifamily Housing Council, shown in Figure  4 , the share of rent payments that were on time during COVID ‑19 has been only slightly lower than the share made on time during the same month in 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

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

Feb 14, 2022 - The program was established in 2019 after Chapter  91 of 2017 (S B  2 , Atkins) established an annual appropriation to CalHFA for the purpose of creating mixed ‑income multifamily residential housing for lower ‑ to moderate ‑income households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

The 2019-20 Budget: Considerations for the Governor's Housing Plan

Feb 20, 2019 - We suggest the Legislature engage the administration in a discussion of the ( 1)  a llocation process, ( 2)  e ligible activities and program guidelines, and ( 3)  e xpected housing production achievements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3941

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A changing climate presents California with five key climate hazards: (1)  higher temperatures and extreme heat events, (2)  more severe wildfires, (3)  more frequent and intense droughts, (4)  flooding due to extreme precipitation events, and (5)  coastal flooding and erosion from sea ‑level rise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Feb 20, 2019 - The adjusted household projections from step 2 would then be compared to total existing housing units within the county. The difference between the two would be the county ’s housing need. ( 4)   S um County Estimates by Region.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938