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

Oct 22, 2025 - Due to the state ’s fiscal condition, however, the amount provided covers two-thirds of these counties ’ respective shortfalls. (The actual shortfall reported by San Mateo, Mono, and Alpine for 2023-24 totaled $118  million.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

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

May 5, 2025 - As noted, the federal Clean Water Act directs states to design permits based on local conditions to implement the law and reduce pollutants. Despite the general federal direction to the state water boards, however, the California Supreme Court found that specific permit conditions required by the boards but not explicitly stated in federal law can be state-reimbursable mandate s ( Department of Finance v.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - More Severe Wildfires Warmer average temperatures and drier environments also create conditions that lead to extreme, high ‑severity wildfires. These conditions increasingly dry out vegetation and lengthen the wildfire season, which raise wildfire risks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

May 12, 2021 - LAO Comments Condition of Local Governments ’ Finances Fiscal Condition of Local Governments Varies. Assessing how local governments ’ fiscal conditions have been affected by the COVID ‑ 19 p andemic with certainty is difficult.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

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

Feb 28, 2022 - As noted, overarching regulatory requirements governing stormwater discharges are pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act, and the act directs states to design permits based on local conditions to implement the law and reduce pollutants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

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

Feb 9, 2022 - The budget proposes $1  billion General Fund in 2022 ‑23 and $500  million General Fund in 2023 ‑24 to address the immediate housing and treatment needs of people with complex behavioral health conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - To help answer this question, we collaborated with researchers from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia to update their recent national assessment of rental debt to more accurately reflect economic conditions and policies in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, low ‑income households are less likely to live in homes with central air conditioning than are higher ‑income households, and may also find it challenging to pay for electricity to run the systems they have.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

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

Feb 14, 2022 - HCD transferred the remaining $15 million to DGS through an architectural revolving fund in September 2021 for the investigation and remediation of environmental conditions on excess sites. Governor ’s 2022 ‑23 Budget Proposal Augments Funding for State Excess Sites Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535