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

Oct 22, 2025 - The budget provides $2.4  million one-time General Fund for the Civil Right Department ’s California vs. Hate initiative. California vs. Hate is a non-emergency hotline and online portal that allows state residents to report hate crimes and hate incidents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

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

Feb 9, 2022 - Matching Funds. Applicants will be required to provide matching funds, with the match rate varying by the type of applicant (for example, a 10  percent match will be required for counties and cities, and a 5  percent match for tribes).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - HDIS is a statewide data warehouse that aggregates and matches individual-level data collected and reported by the state ’s 44 Continuums of Care [CoCs]. (A CoC is a federally required regional planning and coordination body comprising local governments, nonprofit service providers, and other member entities focused on addressing homelessness in their area.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

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

May 5, 2025 - In 2023, CSM determined that the specific requirements listed in Figure 1 were state mandates. It further determined that between June 1, 2009 and December 31, 2017, these mandates were reimbursable by the state because during that period, local governments did not have fee authority sufficient to cover the cost due to the applicability of the Proposition 218 voter approval requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - Next, we revised the model ’s assumption that half of eligible unemployed workers receive UI benefits to match state UI benefit administrative records that show that a much higher share of workers have received UI benefits during the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

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

Feb 14, 2022 - The state’s review of excess properties has resulted in a dynamic list of sites that are suitable for development. So far, 18 sites have been authorized to move forward with development and between 3,800 and 4,500 units of housing are anticipated on these properties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

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

May 12, 2021 - Although local governments ’ financial data are not yet available, we have identified a list of characteristics —based on data available about local governments before and during the pandemic —that we think can help the Legislature if it is interested in strategically identifying which local governments ’ fiscal condition has been most affected by the pandemic, and therefore might be in the most need of additional assistance in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - The Department of Insurance, working with other state agencies and stakeholders, has developed a list of specific mitigations for existing homes and communities in order to help homeowners reduce their individual risk.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584