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

Oct 22, 2025 - The budget provides $120  million one-time General Fund for the Multifamily Housing Program (MHP), HCD ’s flagship affordable housing program. Of this amount, 10  percent is set aside for California tribes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

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

May 30, 2025 - Based on Our Assessment, the Administration ’s Proposal Lacks a Strong Rationale. We find that the Governor ’s position conflicts with both an appellate court decision and CSM ’s determination that local governments did not have sufficient authority to raise fees prior to 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

May 5, 2025 - We then describe the Governor ’s proposed suspension of the Santa Ana regional board ’s stormwater-related mandate, assess the proposal and the Legislature ’s options, and conclude with our recommendation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - California has 12  percent of the total population in the U.S. but accounts for about one-quarter of the country ’s homelessness count. State ’s Data System Suggests Number of People Experiencing Homelessness Is Even Higher.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - The costs imposed by this mandate include legal counsel services, indirect —such as administrative —costs , and law enforcement ’s time to ensure youths consult with legal counsel. Accordingly, the Commission ’s decision makes costs incurred by a local government to meet this requirement reimbursable by the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

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

Feb 14, 2022 - Ultimately, assessing the performance of current programs and taking stock of how prior actions collectively have moved forward the state ’s housing response could inform the Legislature ’s budget decisions in 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

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

May 2, 2023 - The elective offices subject to the state ’s redistricting process include members of the state ’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives, State Senate, State Assembly, and the State Board of Equalization.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766

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

Feb 28, 2022 - Governor ’s Proposal Funds Mandate Reimbursement Costs. The Governor ’s 2022 ‑23 budget proposes $18.4  million in one ‑time General Fund to reimburse certain local governments under the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles RWQCB for costs related to the Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges mandate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - What should the state ’s role be in helping mitigate risks to existing housing? What should the state ’s role be in encouraging community ‑level efforts to mitigate climate change impacts on housing?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Figure  3  shows how most of California ’s largest and most destructive wildfires have occurred in recent decades. This pattern has been particularly notable in the last few years, which have seen some of the worst wildfires in the state ’s recorded history.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575