The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Like the point-in-time count, these annual numbers from HDIS also are undercounts, primarily because the HDIS data do not include people experiencing homelessness who did not access any services (and thus did not get recorded in a CoC data system) —or accessed services from a provider who is not part of a CoC (such as veterans experiencing homelessness who received services exclusively from the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - While several insurance companies voluntarily offer discounts to homeowners who have modified their homes to make them less vulnerable to igniting during wildfires, such as by maintaining defensible space, the state ’s current rate setting rules do not address how mitigation measures that reduce risk should be considered.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - Our analysis does not estimate the amount of underlying rental debt that existed prior to March  2020 due to the state ’s longstanding housing affordability challenges, nor do we forecast how state and federal policy changes would affect the accumulation of rental debt in the future.
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 allocation of this past funding was designed to get money to cities and counties as fast as possible largely by using readily available metrics, such as a jurisdiction ’s population and other commonly used allocation formulas, to determine the level of funding allocated to each jurisdiction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

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

Oct 22, 2025 - Under the California Dream for All model, borrowers do not make any payments on their downpayment loan until the home is sold or paid off. At tha t time, they will owe the original loan amount plus a certain percentage of the increase in home value.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - For example, the Commission estimates how many youths would require legal counsel before the waiver of Miranda rights and prior to an interrogation by using annual arrest data. Although data specifically on how many youths ages 16 and 17 were subject to an inter rogation would be preferable, such data are not available statewide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

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

Feb 14, 2022 - While directing augmentations to existing programs helps to expedite release of funding compared to establishing new programs, do these existing programs have capacity to absorb the proposed  funding?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

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

May 5, 2025 - The commission estimates that, in total, local reimbursements for these activities will cost the state less than $1 million (between $459,106 and $690,409, depending on how many final local reimbursement claims ultimately are submitted).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Not only do high ‑severity wildfires take lives and level homes, businesses, and community infrastructure, they also destroy fish and wildlife habitats. Moreover, intense wildfires can also impair air quality throughout the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

May 2, 2023 - The Commission found that Chapter  781 requires the County of Los Angeles to do a number of activities that constitute state-reimbursable mandates. Some of these activities are one time for each cycle.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766