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

May 30, 2025 - Additional details about the mandate are as follows: Time Period in Question: November 10, 2010 to December 31, 2017. CSM ’s Estimated Statewide Cost to Reimburse Local Governments: Between $238,301 and $334,104.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

May 5, 2025 - Maintains Mandate From January 1, 2018 Forward. Because the Governor ’s proposed suspension would only concern the historic time period in question, the permit requirements would remain in effect as of January 1, 2018 and until the regional board adopts a new permit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding [Publication Details]

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/Detail/5007

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Figure  1 shows that since 2019-20, the state has provided about $37  billion in funding for housing- and homelessness-related programs. The majority of this funding —which includes the state General Fund, special funds, voter-approved bonds, and certain federal funds —has been allocated to the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and Cal ICH.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007