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

Oct 22, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget Act appropriates $100  million one-time General Fund for Round 5 of the ERF initiative —consistent with an agreement between the Legislature and Governor as part of June 2024 negotiations over the final 2024-25 Budget Act .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

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

May 5, 2025 - To comply with this act, the water boards issue water quality permits —including stormwater discharge permits —to entities such as cities, counties, and businesses that discharge pollutants into water bodies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

May 5, 2025 - In this budget post, we discuss a municipal stormwater mandate issued by the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board in 2009 for local governments in Orange County.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5039

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

May 30, 2025 - CSM has identified four new state-reimbursable mandates since enactment of the 2024-25 Budget Act . All four concern municipal stormwater permits issued by regional water quality control boards and costs incurred by local governments prior to 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

Feb 28, 2022 - Moreover, SCO required municipalities to submit all claims for activities associat ed with this mandate no later than 2015. As such, the state should not expect any future costs to materialize for this mandate beyond those included in the Governor ’s proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, lower and warmer water levels in the Sacramento River in the summers of 2014 and 2015 resulted in the death  of 95  p ercent of the river ’s juvenile winter ‑run Chinook salmon in those years —practically  eliminating two out of three existing cohorts of this endangered species.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

May 2, 2023 - For the 2020 redistricting cycle, the Commission estimates that the cost of these reimbursable act ivities totaled roughly $1.2  million. Going forward, these costs typically will be incurred over three fiscal years every ten years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - Chapter  608 of 2015 (S B  379 , Jackson) requires that climate change adaptation and resilience be addressed in the safety elements of all general plans in California. Additionally, Chapter  202 of 2019 (S B  99 , Nielsen) and Chapter  681 of 2019 (A B  747 , Levine) require that safety elements identify evacuation routes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

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

Feb 9, 2022 - DSS received $805  million —$450  million federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 funds, $53  million Home ‑ and Community ‑Based Services ARPA Fund, and $302 General Fund —in 2021 ‑22 to administer the CCE program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - The federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides up to 12 m onths of loan forbearance for borrowers who have been affected by COVID ‑19. Mortgage payments are not made during forbearance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312