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

May 5, 2025 - Two key court decisions addressed this issue: 2007 Court Ruling Allowed Local Governments to Seek Reimbursement for Water Board Mandates. Prior to 2007, state statute exempted water boards ’ water quality permits from the state mandate process (and, therefore, consideration for reimbursement) as they were generally understood to be implementing federal law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

May 30, 2025 - While not directly linked to these mandates, CSM has significant pending workload related to other stormwater permits issued by the state water boards dating back to 2007. This includes 32 pending test claims and 4 additional claims for which CSM has already identified state-reimbursable mandated activities but has not yet developed cost estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

Feb 14, 2022 - Some existing program rules, such as the definition of a qualifying infill area, vary between the IIG Program of 2007, which apply to the bond ‑funded portions of the program and the IIG Program of 2019, which apply to the General Fund portions of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535