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

May 5, 2025 - To comply with this act, the water boards issue water quality permits —including stormwater discharge permits —to entities such as cities, counties, and businesses that discharge pollutants into water bodies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

May 5, 2025 - In this budget post, we discuss a municipal stormwater mandate issued by the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board in 2009 for local governments in Orange County.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5039

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

Oct 22, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget Act appropriates $100  million one-time General Fund for Round 5 of the ERF initiative —consistent with an agreement between the Legislature and Governor as part of June 2024 negotiations over the final 2024-25 Budget Act .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

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

May 30, 2025 - CSM has identified four new state-reimbursable mandates since enactment of the 2024-25 Budget Act . All four concern municipal stormwater permits issued by regional water quality control boards and costs incurred by local governments prior to 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

May 2, 2023 - For the 2020 redistricting cycle, the Commission estimates that the cost of these reimbursable act ivities totaled roughly $1.2  million. Going forward, these costs typically will be incurred over three fiscal years every ten years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - The federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides up to 12 m onths of loan forbearance for borrowers who have been affected by COVID ‑19. Mortgage payments are not made during forbearance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

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

Feb 9, 2022 - DSS received $805  million —$450  million federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 funds, $53  million Home ‑ and Community ‑Based Services ARPA Fund, and $302 General Fund —in 2021 ‑22 to administer the CCE program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

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

May 12, 2021 - Moreover, depending on the amount of eligible costs subm itted by all state and local entities for reimbursement, the federal government may need to further increase the appropriation to DRF if it is to ensure that all affected governments receive full reimbursement for all eligible costs, as it did with the passage of the CARES Act.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

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

Feb 14, 2022 - The 2021 ‑22 budget provided HCD $45  million one ‑time American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act fiscal relief funds to expand the state excess sites program with funding for brownfield remediation, and budget ‑related legislation to expand the state excess sites program with local government matching grants that aim to incentivize further affordable housing development on excess lands.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535