The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Housing, Homelessness and Local Government

Oct 22, 2025 - The budget package allows affordable housing developers funded by HCD to access and reinvest equity in their affordable housing projects in order to finance further investments in other affordable housing projects, subject to specified limitations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor's Housing Plan

Feb 14, 2022 - In the near term, how the fee revenue supporting the existing program would interact with the proposed MORE Program is unclear. Would the fee revenue roll over to the MORE Program? Details on Focus of Proposed New Program Will Be Important.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

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

May 30, 2025 - CSM ’s Estimated Statewide Cost to Reimburse Local Governments: Between $351,870 and $557,715. Governor ’s Proposal Suspends Mandates for Time Period in Question, Does Not Reimburse Local Governments for Their Past Costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

May 5, 2025 - Create public participation opportunities when updating and implementing various plans, guidance, and fact sheets. Develop a pilot program to control pollutant discharges from common interest areas and areas managed by homeowner associations or management companies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - One key question will be what role state programs and policies can and should play in adapting to climate change, including how they interact with local adaptation activities, and how they should be funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan

Feb 9, 2022 - We suggest the Legislature consider the trade‑offs between pursuing the bridge proposal, given the time and resources required to implement a new program of this scale and supporting existing services and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

The 2020-21 Budget: Local Agency Employee Organizations, Impasse Procedures II

Mar 4, 2020 - Going forward, the annual budget process gives the Legislature the opportunity to assess whether the costs to the state are reasonable and consider the extent to which the law has improved local government labor relations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4190

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - The Commission estimates that the initial state cost of claims from local governments related to the mandate between the second half of 2020-21 and 2021-22 could range between $37,000 and $1.2  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

An Initial Look at Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Local Government Fiscal Condition

May 12, 2021 - In the case of the 24 c ities most reliant on TOT (the top 5 p ercent), TOT collections in 2018 ‑ 19 c onstituted between 15 p ercent and 59 p ercent of the cities ’ 2018 ‑ 19 l ocal revenues. Significant Reliance on User Fee Revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - Additionally, the state could explore opportunities to incentivize landlords to modify their rental properties to mitigate the ef fects of heat and wildfire smoke on their tenants. Conclusion Climate change will have significant and growing effects on the housing sector.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584