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

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 - 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 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - State Has Dedicated Tens of Billions of Dollars for Housing and Homelessness in Recent Years. Housing and homelessness are closely interrelated issues. Lack of enough affordable housing for low-income households is a major reason why many people fall into homelessness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - There may be certain targeted areas where providing some financial support for these activities has merit, such as providing “seed money ” to help spur local adaptation project planning efforts. (As discussed above, the 2021 ‑22 budget package included funding through both HCD and OPR for regional planning activities.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

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

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

May 30, 2025 - However, if CSM was to determine that each of the currently pending stormwater-related test claims constituted state-reimbursable mandates for costs incurred before 2018, the state could face —at most —costs in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

May 2, 2023 - When the Legislature considered Chapter  781, the bill analysis identified that the legislation would create “significant state reimbursable General Fund costs of at least several hundred thousand dollars every ten years.”
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766

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 Homelessness Plan

Feb 9, 2022 - Some key questions to consider about the current proposal include: (1) what would happen to resources once permanent housing comes online, (2) how quickly can the bridge‑funded units be up and running, (3) how does the timing align with the anticipated schedule for more permanent options, (4) does the proposed bridge housing solution make sense for individuals
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521