The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - California has 12  percent of the total population in the U.S. but accounts for about one-quarter of the country ’s homelessness count. State ’s Data System Suggests Number of People Experiencing Homelessness Is Even Higher.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - The costs imposed by this mandate include legal counsel services, indirect —such as administrative —costs , and law enforcement ’s time to ensure youths consult with legal counsel. Accordingly, the Commission ’s decision makes costs incurred by a local government to meet this requirement reimbursable by the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

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

May 2, 2023 - The elective offices subject to the state ’s redistricting process include members of the state ’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives, State Senate, State Assembly, and the State Board of Equalization.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766

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

Feb 14, 2022 - Ultimately, assessing the performance of current programs and taking stock of how prior actions collectively have moved forward the state ’s housing response could inform the Legislature ’s budget decisions in 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - What should the state ’s role be in helping mitigate risks to existing housing? What should the state ’s role be in encouraging community ‑level efforts to mitigate climate change impacts on housing?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

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

Feb 28, 2022 - Governor ’s Proposal Funds Mandate Reimbursement Costs. The Governor ’s 2022 ‑23 budget proposes $18.4  million in one ‑time General Fund to reimburse certain local governments under the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles RWQCB for costs related to the Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges mandate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Figure  3  shows how most of California ’s largest and most destructive wildfires have occurred in recent decades. This pattern has been particularly notable in the last few years, which have seen some of the worst wildfires in the state ’s recorded history.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Feb 9, 2022 - While requests for encampment resolution funding in 2021 ‑22 exceeded availability by $70  million, the Governor ’s proposal goes far beyond funding these original requests. The state ’s ability to spend the major proposed augmentation is unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - This report does not address the state ’s underlying housing affordability challenges. Addressing California ’s housing crisis is one of the most difficult challenges facing the state ’s policy makers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

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

May 12, 2021 - The picture will beco me more clear next year when the Legislature considers the state ’s 2022 ‑ 23 b udget after the SCO has published local governments ’ 2019 ‑20 financial data and clearer still when the Legislature considers the state ’s 2023 ‑ 24 b udget after the SCO has published local governments ’ 2020 ‑21 financial data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428