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

May 30, 2025 - The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local governments when (1)  new state laws or regulations mandate that they implement a new program or higher level of service and (2)  the local government does not have offsetting revenues —such as fees or federal funds —available to cover the associated costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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 - The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local governments when (1)  new state laws or regulations mandate that they implement a new program or higher level of service and (2)  the local government does not have offsetting revenues —such as fees or federal funds —available to cover the associated costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

May 12, 2021 - The state has until December 31, 2024 t o spend its federal ARP allocation. As such, we recommend the Legislature not allocate all of the ARP funds available to the state as part of its 2021 ‑ 22 b udget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - This level is about even with the average level of delinquency from 2017 t o 2019, and significantly lower than the level during the last recession. Why Have Delinquencies Remained Low? As discussed earlier, federal actions to boost household incomes, as well as low unemployment among higher ‑income workers (who are most likely to be homeowners), have helped most homeowners weather the downturn.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Coastal Flooding and Erosion From Rising Sea Levels Sea levels along the California coast are projected to rise by about six inches by 2030 and as much as seven to ten feet by 2100 compared to 2000 levels, depending upon the degree of warming the planet experiences.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - What Should the State ’s Role Be in Encouraging Community ‑Level Efforts to Mitigate Climate Change Impacts on Housing? The Legislature also will want to consider the appropriate role for the state in supporting community ‑level mitigations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

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

Feb 9, 2022 - The 2021 ‑22 budget provided $5.6  million one ‑time General Fund for Cal ICH to contract with a vendor to conduct an analysis of homelessness service providers and programs at the local and state level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues [Publication Details]

Apr 5, 2022 - This report contains four primary sections: (1) a description of the five key climate hazards affecting California, (2) the major ways those hazards impact sectors across the state, (3) significant existing state‑level efforts underway to address climate change impacts, and (4) key issues for the Legislature to consider in response to these impacts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4575

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

Feb 14, 2022 - However, there is more to learn as the Legislature conducts o versight of these programs, assesses their performance, and identifies opportunities to improve their operation. For instance, (1)  what were the challenges and successes in standing up some of the newer programs, such as the State Excess Sites Program and the Portfolio Reinvestment Program; (2)  what are the
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535