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

Home Sales Update: April 2020 [EconTax Blog]

May 22, 2020 - This next graph compares each week in 2020 to the comparable week in 2019 using Redfin data for California ’s major markets which cover most of the state. The graph shows that the dropoff from 2019 to 2020 accelerated as April went on.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/468

Property tax assessment. [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2019 - Specifically, effective July 1, 2021, the measure: Allows Moves Anywhere in the State.   Eligible homeowners could transfer the taxable value of their existing home to another home anywhere in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-004

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Proposed Increase in State Funding for Local Child Support Agencies

Mar 26, 2019 - The new rules may result in a major operational shift for the state ’s child support system. Implementing these updates to the state ’s program may require significant state leadership and legislative involvement and could result in a restructuring of how counties operate child support services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3989

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Analysis

Feb 13, 2019 - In contrast to state infrastructure projects, the state does not list all approved school facility projects in the annual budget act. Under Brown Administration, State Was on 12 ‑Year Track to Expend All Proposition  51 Funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3930

Changes in California Student Aid Commission Total Spending [EdBudget]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/352

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

The 2019-20 Budget: Creating an Integrated Education Data System

May 6, 2019 - California Is One of Only a Handful of States Without Some Type of Integrated Education Data System. According to the Education Commission of the States, as of November 2016, California was one of only eight states neither possessing nor in the process of creating an integrated education data system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4026

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

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

Feb 20, 2019 - Without additional funding to preserve affordable housing, the state could see its advancement on affordability diminish over time. How Will the State Administer the New State Housing Tax Credit Program?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3941