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

Oct 22, 2025 - As a result of CEQA, unless a project falls under a statutory or certain other type of exemption, public agencies (such as cities and counties) generally must conduct a detailed study of the potential environmental effects of new housing construction (and many other types of development) prior to approving it.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - As shown in Figure  1 , nearly 80  p ercent of households with less than $50, 000 i n annual earnings rent, whereas only 28  p ercent of households with more than $150, 000 i n annual earnings rent. As shown in Figure  2 , more than half of workers who have lost their jobs are members of lower ‑income households (less than $50, 000 i n annual earnings).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

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

Feb 9, 2022 - Local entities also will be required to share results from local behavioral health needs assessments (which inform which facility types they will prioritize) and how they intend for projects to advance racial equity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

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

May 5, 2025 - Introduction This post begins by providing background about stormwater permit requirements, CSM ’s process for determining whether state-imposed requirements for local governments are mandates subject to state reimbursement, and how voter-approved Proposition  218 (1996) complicates local governments ’ ability to increase fees to cover these types of costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Similarly, rural communities that are at greater risk of experiencing water shortages due to droughts tend to be home to large proportions of households with residents of color and who earn lower incomes.
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 - Other Sources of Funding Local governments —primarily cities and counties, but also some types of special districts —have also received additional federal funding to address specific aspects of the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - The scale of climate change impacts on housing will vary geographically and across housing types. In many cases, impacts will be felt most acutely by low ‑income households who disproportionately live in (1)  areas of the state that will be exposed to higher risks and (2)  types of housing that are typically less resilient.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

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

Feb 14, 2022 - However, certain types of spending, like some funding for capital outlay, are excluded from this limit. Some prior housing funding —such as General Fund spending on IIG —has met the SAL definition of capital outlay and has been excluded from the limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535