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

May 5, 2025 - We recommend the Legislature reject the Governor ’s proposal and instead fund past costs —which total less than $1  million —for three reasons: (1)  in a similar case in the San Diego region, a 2022 court decision found that local governments lacked sufficient authority to raise fees for stormwater mandates when they had to seek voter approval to
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

Oct 22, 2025 - The 2025-26 augmentation will be the third round of funding for this program (with $500  million authorized in 2022-23 and $20  million in 2023-24). Funding for Affordable Housing. The budget provides $120  million one-time General Fund for the Multifamily Housing Program (MHP), HCD ’s flagship affordable housing program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

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

Feb 14, 2022 - All manufactured homes sold new on or after July  1,  1980 pay local property tax and are not subject to the annual fee.  Therefore, over time, the number of manufactured homes registered annually have declined.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

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

Feb 9, 2022 - The budget proposes $1  billion General Fund in 2022 ‑23 and $500  million General Fund in 2023 ‑24 to address the immediate housing and treatment needs of people with complex behavioral health conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A  2018   report  by the State Coastal Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy found that 55 percent of California’s existing coastal habitats are highly vulnerable to five feet of sea‑level rise, including 60 percent of the state’s iconic beaches and 58 percent of its marshes. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Additionally, the Commission estimates that the annual costs for the mandate could range between $19,000 and $1  million starting in 2022-23. Governor ’s Budget Governor Funds Mandate Reimbursement Costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

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

May 30, 2025 - Maintains Mandates From January 1, 2018 Forward. Because the Governor ’s proposed suspensions would only concern the historic time periods in question, the permit requirements mandated by the state would remain in effect as of January 1, 2018 and until each regional board adopts a new permit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - To assist the Legislature in its fiscal oversight role of this large and multiyear program, this post: (1) provides data on the size of the population of people experiencing homelessness in California and recent state spending on housing and homelessness; (2) describes the ERF program’s goals, funding, and reporting requirements; (3) provides an update on ERF grantee awards,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5007

The 2022-23 Budget: Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges Mandate

Feb 28, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges Mandate The 2022-23 Budget Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges Mandate Summary. The Governor ’s budget proposal includes $18.4  million in one ‑time General Fund to reimburse certain local governments in Los Angeles County for costs related to the Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges mandate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Figure  1 shows that since 2019-20, the state has provided about $37  billion in funding for housing- and homelessness-related programs. The majority of this funding —which includes the state General Fund, special funds, voter-approved bonds, and certain federal funds —has been allocated to the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and Cal ICH.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007