The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - State law tasks the Commission on State Mandates (Commission) with determining whether new state laws or regulations affecting local governments create state-reimbursable mandates. Typically, the process for determining whether a law or regulation is a state-reimbursable mandate takes several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

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

May 30, 2025 - This is because from 2018 onward, local governments have had sufficient authority to raise fees to pay for the costs of compliance due to the statutory chan ges that took effect at that time —thereby making it so the state is not required to reimburse local governments for their costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

May 5, 2025 - State law tasks the Commission on State Mandates (CSM) with determining whether new state laws or regulations affecting local governments create state-reimbursable mandates. Typically, the process for determining whether a law or regulation is a state-reimbursable mandate takes several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2022-23 Budget: Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges Mandate

Feb 28, 2022 - State law tasks the commission with determining whether new state laws or regulations affecting local agencies create state ‑reimbursable mandates. If the commission determines that a statute or regulation contains a reimbursable mandate, it  develops an estimate of the statewide cost of the mandated activity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - Minimum Fire Safe Regulations. These regulations include requirements for Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones and the State  Responsibility Area, such as for ingress/egress, signage, and fuel reduction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

The 2023-24 Budget: County of Los Angeles Citizens Redistricting Commission Mandate

May 2, 2023 - State law tasks the Commission on State Mandates (Commission) with determining whether new state laws or regulations affecting local governments create state-reimbursable mandates. Typically, the process for determining whether a law or regulation is a state-reimbursable mandate takes several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For  instance, while current state regulations require that landlords provide their tenants with heating facilities to maintain a minimum temperature of 70 degrees, there is no comparable requirement for cooling mechanisms to avoid exceeding any maximum threshold, meaning renters could be at greater risk during periods of extreme heat.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575