Main Types of Disaster Recovery Assistance

Jan 10, 2019 - Property Tax Relief. Under state law, the county assessor may reduce the assessed value of property damaged in a disaster to reflect the damage. The reduced value remains until the property is fully repaired, restored, or reconstructed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3917

The 2022-23 Budget: Vote by Mail Ballots: Prepaid Postage

May 13, 2022 - Counties Administer Most Elections and Pay Elections Costs. As historically has been the case across the United States, counties in California administer most local, state, and federal elections pursuant to state and federal law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4596

The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Mar 20, 2023 - The remainder of the allocation is calculated based on the county ’s share of California households, as a proportion of either all rural counties or all urban counties, without access to broadband with at least 100  Mbps download speed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4747

The 2023-24 Budget: California Volunteers Proposed Program Expansions

Mar 1, 2023 - Different cities and counties began their programs at varying times, but all are currently scheduled to end by May 2024 when the existing funds run out. CA Volunteers allocated 80  percent of the $185  million to the largest 13 cities in the state using a population ‑based formula ($148  million), and granted 19  percent on a competitive basis to 14 other cities and counties ($35  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4723

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 23, 2021 - CalOSBA will award grants to county government agencies and nonprofit organizations that provide services to microbusinesses, who then will identify and make $2,500 grants directly to eligible microbusinesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4452

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness [Publication Details]

Oct 19, 2023 - The 2023-24 budget provides $3.3 billion for various housing and homelessness programs within the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), the California Interagency Council on Homelessness (CalICH), and the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4808

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Shifts Some County IHSS Costs to General Fund, Potentially Addressing Some State ‑County Cost ‑Sharing Issues. The budget proposes a number of changes to the mechanism by which the state provides counties with funding for IHSS costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2020-21 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan

Feb 11, 2020 - The MHSA places a 1  p ercent tax on incomes over $ 1  m illion and dedicates the associated revenues to mental health services, the majority of which are administered by counties. The Governor has indicated that he is interested in potential changes to the MHSA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4152

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals

Mar 17, 2023 - For example, for the Department of Social Services ’ Child Welfare Services – California Automated Response and Engagement System project, the project D &I approach changed to a combination of agile and traditional approaches because county eligibility workers needed to limit the amount of user testing and training required.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - Voting Equipment $87.3  Million General Fund to Replace County Voting Systems. The budget provides one-time funding of $87.3  million to counties for the research and development, purchase, or lease of hardware and software to replace county voting systems and technology, and county election management systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101