The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Likewise, people will stay homeless, or be at risk of homelessness, until they can find stable housing they can afford. Figure  1 shows that since 2019-20, the state has provided about $37  billion in funding for housing- and homelessness-related programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

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

May 5, 2025 - Specifically, the state can suspend the mandate for one year, meaning local governments are not required to comply, and the state does not provide funding for related costs. The sta te also can modify the mandate to reduce costs —for example, by easing its requirements or making them optional.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039