The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Beginning in 2018, Chapter  681 of 2017 (SB  395, Lara) required that arrested youths age 15 and younger be provided a consultation with legal counsel before they may waive their Miranda rights or be interrogated.
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 - The median county received federal funding representing 24 p ercent of 2018 ‑ 19 l ocal revenues, while the median cities received about 14 p ercent of 2018 ‑ 19 r evenues. Further, whereas the top quartile of counties received federal funds that represented at least 31 p ercent of 2018 ‑ 19 r evenues, the top quartile of cities received federal funds that represented at least 20 p ercent of 2018 ‑ 19 r evenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - Undertaken by the Governor ’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR), as required by Chapter  626 of 2018 (S B  901 , Dodd) and Chapter  641 of 2018 (A B  2911 , Friedman), this effort is intended to assist local governments develop effective policies, codes, standards, and programs aimed at mitigating fire hazards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

SB 1 Has Doubled Major Source of State Funding for Local Streets and Roads

Jan 24, 2020 - In 2018 ‑19, shared revenues increased to $2.6   billion —a twofold increase from prior to the passage of SB  1. Furthermore, the enacted 2019  -  20 budget anticipates that shared revenues will increase by an additional $194  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A 2018 state report estimated that under current GHG emissions levels, between 45 percent to 56 percent of the natural vegetation in California will be climatically stressed by 2100. Some of these impacts already are evident.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Mar 4, 2020 - PERB provided us data on the number of fact-finding projects opened in the eight fiscal years between 2011 ‑12 and 2018 ‑19. Like the three years used by the Commission, the average number of opened fact-finding cases across these eight fiscal years also averaged to about 40 cases each year; however, the range was much more wide with only 15 cases in 2011 ‑12 and 59 cases in 2012 ‑13.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4190

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

Feb 9, 2022 - Conclusion California has made notable progress in its engagement and development of partnerships with local governments since 2018 ‑19 when the state began taking a more active role in addressing homelessness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521