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

May 5, 2025 - We note, however, that local governments cannot go back in time 15 years and cease required activities to avoid incurring costs. Based on Our Assessment, the Administration ’s Proposal Lacks a Strong Rationale.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

Feb 14, 2022 - HCD plans to release the NOFA for $30 million (of the $45 million provided in 2021‑22) in March 2022 and anticipates making awards to facilitate excess site development in June 2022. HCD transferred the remaining $15 million to DGS through an architectural revolving fund in September 2021 for the investigation and remediation of environmental conditions on excess sites.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

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 Homelessness Plan

Feb 9, 2022 - DSS indicated that a joint request for applications (RFA) portal for CCE capital expansion projects and BH ‑CIP shovel ‑ready projects will be launched February 15 for counties, cities, tribes, non ‑profits, and for ‑profit organizations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

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 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

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

The 2023-24 Budget: County of Los Angeles Citizens Redistricting Commission Mandate

May 2, 2023 - Pursuant to the law, the cost to support the redistricting process are incurred over three fiscal years because the commission is required to be created no later than December 31 in each year ending in the number zero and the redistricting commission is required to adopt new boundaries for supervisor districts before August 15 of the year following the year in which each decenn ial federal census is taken.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Additional research suggests that 15 wastewater treatment plants in California will be exposed to flooding with three feet of sea‑level rise, growing to 36 facilities with six feet of sea‑level rise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - The Insurance Commissioner proposed a regulation in February  2022 that would require insurance companies to incorporate these mitigations in their rate setting, to provide information about wildfire risk to homeowners, and to create a process through which homeowners may correct or appeal the insurers ’ assessment of this risk.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584