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

May 5, 2025 - State law further requires our office to analyze any new mandates identified by the C ommission as a part of our annual analysis of the state budget. In particular, state law directs our office to report on the annual state costs for new mandates and make recommendations to the Legislature as to whether the new mandate should be repealed (permanently eliminating it or making it optional), suspended (rendering it inoperative for one year), modified, or funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

May 12, 2021 - In the case of the 24 c ities most reliant on TOT (the top 5 p ercent), TOT collections in 2018 ‑ 19 c onstituted between 15 p ercent and 59 p ercent of the cities ’ 2018 ‑ 19 l ocal revenues. Significant Reliance on User Fee Revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

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

Feb 14, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor's Housing Plan a Based on a partial release of available funding. b $90 million set aside for small jurisdictions. c $90 million set aside for small jurisdictions. Governor ’s 2022 ‑23 Budget Proposal Augments Funding for IIG Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535