Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Costs for cities and counties might include adding drainage to roads to manage more intense rain events, or modifying water treatment plants located along the coast to accommodate higher sea levels. …And Private Residents and Businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

May 5, 2025 - Because the California Constitution does not require the state to reimburse local governments for costs to comply with federal law, disagreements have arisen over the years about whether all of the requirements in a given water quality permit are specifically required by federal law or whether they impose ad ditional requirements from the state.
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 - However, should the Legislature wish to provide any of the state ’s ARP funds —or other state funds —to assist local governments, we recommend the Legislature consider using a more targeted methodology to allocate such funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

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

Feb 9, 2022 - Certain portions of the total amounts discussed above for this program are set aside for more specific purposes or targeted at more specific populations. Specifically, funding is reserved for the establishment of mobile behavioral health crisis teams and for community behavioral health facilities targeted at children and youth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - The budget also provided $600  million in one ‑time funds for HCD to administer planning and implementation grants to regional entities for activities targeted towards the state ’s climate goals and reducing vehicle miles traveled, such as infill developments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

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

Feb 14, 2022 - The budget proposes $50  million General Fund in 2022 ‑23, and $150  million in 2023 ‑24, to preserve targeted units in infill and low ‑VMT areas and continue bolstering the state ’s affordable housing stock.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - We hope that by shedding light on how COVID ‑19 has added to the financial stress of renters, we can inform policy solutions to help renters through this crisis. In particular, the state and local governments will soon have to determine how to allocate recently authorized federal funding for emergency rental assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312