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

May 5, 2025 - The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local governments when (1)  new state laws or regulations mandate that they implement a new program or higher level of service and (2)  the local government does not have offsetting revenues —such as fees or federal funds —available to cover the associated costs.
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 - Governor ’s 2022 ‑23 Budget Proposal Augments Funding for MIP. In addition to the $65  million available for MIP in 2022 through S B 2 revenue, the budget proposes an additional $50  million General Fund in 2022 ‑23, and $150  million in 2023 ‑24, for MIP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

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

May 12, 2021 - The picture will beco me more clear next year when the Legislature considers the state ’s 2022 ‑ 23 b udget after the SCO has published local governments ’ 2019 ‑20 financial data and clearer still when the Legislature considers the state ’s 2023 ‑ 24 b udget after the SCO has published local governments ’ 2020 ‑21 financial data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

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

Feb 9, 2022 - The SAL constrains how the Legislature can spend revenues that exceed a specific threshold. Given recent revenue growth, the SAL has become an important consideration in the state budget process and will continue to constrain the Legislature ’s choices in this year ’s budget process.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

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

May 30, 2025 - (Although the commission also found certain activities to be mandates for the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, it determined that the district’s associated costs were not reimbursable by the state because the district had offsetting revenues to pay for them.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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 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

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Costs for cities and counties might include adding drainage to roads to manage more intense rain events, or modifying water treatment plants located along the coast to accommodate higher sea levels. …And Private Residents and Businesses.
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