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

Oct 22, 2025 - With this appropriation, General Fund support for this initiative since 2021-22 totals nearly $1  billion. The purpose of ERF is to help local communities address homeless encampments by funding housing and other services to the people living there.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Broadly, state funds have been designated to support the creation of affordable housing and to provide services to people at risk of, or experiencing, homelessness. Below, we describe ERF, one of the state ’s largest homeless-related initiatives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

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

May 5, 2025 - Another area of disagreement is whether local governments did or did not have sufficient authority to raise fees to support complying with the mandate when the associated costs were incurred. If they did have sufficient fee authority, the state is not required to provide them with reimbursements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - It also includes $1  million General Fund to support such costs in the budget year. Funding the mandate would keep local compliance with the above requirements mandatory in 2024-25 and the state responsible for the costs incurred by local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

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

Feb 14, 2022 - The budget proposal indicates that under a possible funding structure, 40  percent of funds could support park infrastructure and clean ‑up, 35  percent could support repairs and replacements of manufactured homes, 20  percent could support park acquisition and conversion, and 5  percent could support program administration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

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

Feb 9, 2022 - For instance, we have raised whether local governments need additional support to establish services and supports for Homekey properties, especially over the long term. Additionally, is the state activ ely disseminating best practices related to homelessness response and providing robust technical assistance to best position local entities for success?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

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 - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - The Legislature also will want to consider the appropriate role for the state in supporting community ‑level mitigations. There may be certain targeted areas where providing some financial support for these activities has merit, such as providing “seed money ” to help spur local adaptation project planning efforts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, the Legislature might consider adopting statewide guidance and standards, assessing and addressing data gaps, offering support and coordination, and providing targeted fiscal support. The Legislature also will want to think about steps the state can take—and avoid taking—to ensure it does not exacerbate climate impacts, as well as how to prioritize across its various climate response priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575