The 2019-20 May Revision: Considerations for the Revised Housing and Homelessness Plan

May 13, 2019 - The Legislature will need to decide if it agrees with the Governor ’s approach to spread the state ’s housing resources among broader income levels —including middle-income households —or whether it prefers to target the state ’s resources toward the Californians most in need of housing assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4045

How California Governments Respond to Disasters

Jan 10, 2019 - If the resources within a mutual aid region are insufficient because the disaster has grown very large, regional mutual aid coordinators work with state-level staff to request additional resources from other areas, including local governments in other parts of the state, various state agencies, other states, the federal government, or other countries.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3919

Main Types of Disasters and Associated Trends

Jan 10, 2019 - State Periodically Experiences Damaging Earthquakes. The state has experienced a number of destructive earthquakes in its history. Figure  9 highlights some of the major earthquakes that have affected the state in the past 50 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3918

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - A federal and state program that encourages the investment of private equity in the development of affordable rental housing for low ‑income households. The Governors ’ budget proposes to expand the state tax credit program and establish a new state tax credit program that targets households with relatively higher income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

Main Types of Disaster Recovery Assistance

Jan 10, 2019 - Through this program, the federal government typically pays 75 percent of eligible state and local government costs in responding to a disaster and repairing public facilities after a disaster. In the case of state activities, the state pays the remaining 25 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3917

The 2019-20 Budget: Office of Emergency Services

Mar 13, 2019 - In practice, the state typically allocates funds to grantees over a three ‑year period. State ’s Allocation of VOCA Has Increased Substantially in Recent Years. Starting in 2000, Congress placed a cap on the amount of VOCA funds available to be distributed to states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3961

Homelessness and the 2020-21 Budget [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2020 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health and Human Services Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 On State Administration
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4169

COVID-19 Disaster Declarations and Funding Implications [Publication Details]

Mar 24, 2020 - In this post, we discuss federal assistance available to California and other states as a result of the President’s emergency and major disaster declarations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4210

Main Types of Disaster Recovery Assistance [Publication Details]

Jan 10, 2019 - Notably, the type of federal and state assistance that is available can vary by disaster, with some assistance only available in the aftermath of larger state or federally declared disasters. In this post, we summarize some of the major types of recovery assistance that can be available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3917

The 2019-20 Budget: California Department of Food and Agriculture

Mar 5, 2019 - How will the state ’s progress towards developing the organic waste processing and recycling infrastructure necessary to meet the state goals specified in legislation be measured? Absent the information to answer these types of questions, the Legislature is left with little basis for determining whether the proposals are reasonable or appropriate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3958