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

May 5, 2025 - Governor ’s Position Conflicts With the Court ’s and Commission ’s Decisions. The justification behind the Governor ’s proposal conflicts with decisions by both the 2022 appellate court and CSM. The court determined that local governments lack fee authority when voter approval pursuant to Proposition  218 is required, distinguishing this requirement from the majority protest requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

Oct 22, 2025 - The 2025-26 augmentation will be the third round of funding for this program (with $500  million authorized in 2022-23 and $20  million in 2023-24). Funding for Affordable Housing. The budget provides $120  million one-time General Fund for the Multifamily Housing Program (MHP), HCD ’s flagship affordable housing program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

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

Feb 14, 2022 - Governor ’s 2022 ‑23 Budget Proposal Augments Funding for MIP. In addition to the $65  million available for MIP in 2022 through S B 2 revenue, the budget proposes an additional $50  million General Fund in 2022 ‑23, and $150  million in 2023 ‑24, for MIP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

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

Feb 9, 2022 - Ultimately, assessing the performance of current programs and determining the nature of the state ‑local relationship going forward could inform the Legislature ’s budget decisions in 2022 ‑23. Consider Long ‑Term Approach for Ongoing Homelessness Efforts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Additionally, the Commission estimates that the annual costs for the mandate could range between $19,000 and $1  million starting in 2022-23. Governor ’s Budget Governor Funds Mandate Reimbursement Costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

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

Feb 28, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges Mandate The 2022-23 Budget Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges Mandate Summary. The Governor ’s budget proposal includes $18.4  million in one ‑time General Fund to reimburse certain local governments in Los Angeles County for costs related to the Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges mandate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

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

May 30, 2025 - Based on Our Assessment, the Administration ’s Proposal Lacks a Strong Rationale. We find that the Governor ’s position conflicts with both an appellate court decision and CSM ’s determination that local governments did not have sufficient authority to raise fees prior to 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - The Insurance Commissioner proposed a regulation in February  2022 that would require insurance companies to incorporate these mitigations in their rate setting, to provide information about wildfire risk to homeowners, and to create a process through which homeowners may correct or appeal the insurers ’ assessment of this risk.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

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