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

Oct 22, 2025 - The reverted funds come from three sources: (1)  the Infill Infrastructure Grant (IIG) Program, (2)  IIG Catalytic Program, and (3)  Commercial Property Pilot Program. Savings were scored to 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A  2018   report  by the State Coastal Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy found that 55 percent of California’s existing coastal habitats are highly vulnerable to five feet of sea‑level rise, including 60 percent of the state’s iconic beaches and 58 percent of its marshes. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

May 30, 2025 - Final costs will total around $3  million (between $2.4  million and $3.7  million). Funding these mandates does not have direct out-year fiscal implications for the state. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

May 12, 2021 - As of March 31, 2021, the Disaster Relief Fund had about $ 67 b illion in funding nationally for all disasters, including the COVID ‑ 19 p andemic. (Any future disaster declarations, such as wildfires, would draw on the same federal DRF for FEMA assistance.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - To assist the Legislature in its fiscal oversight role of this large and multiyear program, this post: (1) provides data on the size of the population of people experiencing homelessness in California and recent state spending on housing and homelessness; (2) describes the ERF program’s goals, funding, and reporting requirements; (3) provides an update on ERF grantee awards,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5007

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

May 5, 2025 - We recommend the Legislature reject the Governor ’s proposal and fund the mandate for three key reasons: (1)  the appellate court found that SB  231 does not apply retroactively and local governments lacked sufficient authority to raise stormwater-related fees prior to 2018, (2)  CSM determined these were state-reimbursable mandates, and (3)  local governments already incurred
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - To assist the Legislature in its fiscal oversight role of this large and multiyear program, this post: (1)  provides data on the size of the population of people experiencing homelessness in California and recent state spending on housing and homelessness; (2)  describes the ERF program ’s goals, funding, and reporting requirements; (3)  provides an update on ERF grantee awards,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

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

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

Feb 14, 2022 - For each component of the Governor ’s housing proposal, we suggest the Legislature engage the administration in a discussion of the (1)  allocation process, (2)  eligible activities and program guidelines, and (3)  expected housing production achievements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues [Publication Details]

Apr 5, 2022 - This report contains four primary sections: (1) a description of the five key climate hazards affecting California, (2) the major ways those hazards impact sectors across the state, (3) significant existing state‑level efforts underway to address climate change impacts, and (4) key issues for the Legislature to consider in response to these impacts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4575