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

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

May 5, 2025 - Because the California Constitution does not require the state to reimburse local governments for costs to comply with federal law, disagreements have arisen over the years about whether all of the requirements in a given water quality permit are specifically required by federal law or whether they impose ad ditional requirements from the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - This could result in youths experiencing negative legal outcomes, such as becoming more invo lved in the criminal or juvenile justice systems —or for longer periods of time —than they otherwise would.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

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

May 2, 2023 - Because the Legislature took specific steps to require Los Angeles to use an independent redistricting commission while making it optional for other jurisdictions, no longer requiring such a commission in Los Angeles would represent a significant policy change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766

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

Feb 9, 2022 - For example, funds could be used on (1) short‑term crisis treatment beds, (2) residential treatment facilities in which treatment typically lasts for a few months, or (3) longer‑term rehabilitative facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - While Chapter  616 of 2018 (S B  824 , Lara) protects homeowners from being dropped by their insurers for one year following a wildfire, over the longer term, homeowners in areas at high risk from wildfires may increasingly have difficulty getting and maintaining insurance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

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

Feb 28, 2022 - Unlike many other mandates, the Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges mandate no longer has associated ongoing costs. This is because, as noted, the Los Angeles RWQCB adopted a new stormwater discharge permit in 2012, replacing the 2001 permit that required the reimbursable activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

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

Feb 14, 2022 - Consider Longer ‑Term Plan for Expanded State Role in Housing. The scale of the housing crisis in California is significant. Addressing this crisis requires a complex combination of fiscal resources and policy solutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - We hope that by shedding light on how COVID ‑19 has added to the financial stress of renters, we can inform policy solutions to help renters through this crisis. In particular, the state and local governments will soon have to determine how to allocate recently authorized federal funding for emergency rental assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312