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

Feb 14, 2022 - However, in exploring the feasibility of affordable housing development on state excess sites, HCD  and the Department of General Services (DGS) indicate they encountered two recurring problems: (1)  lack of funding for environmental assessment and cleanup and (2)  lack of financing for affordable housing development.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Since the focus of the state ’s program is on providing housing, grantees generally are limited to using non-ERF funds (such as local funds) for site restoration/clean-up activities. Beginning in 2023-24, budget bill provisional language has set aside ERF monies for local partnerships with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to address encampments fully or partially in a state right-of-way (such as state property adjacent to a freeway).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

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

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

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - Additionally, the state could explore opportunities to incentivize landlords to modify their rental properties to mitigate the ef fects of heat and wildfire smoke on their tenants. Conclusion Climate change will have significant and growing effects on the housing sector.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

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