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

Oct 22, 2025 - With this funding, General Fund support for HHAP since 2019-20 will total about $5  billion. The 2026-27 allocation is contingent on the enactment of future legislation aimed at enhancing accountability requirements for grantees, such as having a local encampment policy consistent with state guidelines and showing progress on housing-related performance metrics.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - In January 2024 (the most recently available data), 187,000 people were counted as homeless —an all-time high for the state, and 36,000 (24  percent) more than were counted in January 2019. Two-thirds of those counted were unsheltered (such as people living on the street or in a park).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

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

Feb 14, 2022 - CTCAC received 110  applications for the tax credits authorized by the  2019 ‑20  budget. All of the 2019 ‑20 tax credits have been allocated. Of the 72 projects that received tax credits, 18 projects shared the $200  million set aside for mixed ‑income housing.
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 - Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance Program Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID ‑1 9) F EMA Reimbursement. On March  13, 2020, the President declared a national emergency in wake of the ongoing COVID ‑ 19 p andemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - As shown in Figure  6 , from 2017 ‑18 through 2019 ‑20, the state averaged more than 1,600 schools closed due to wildfires annually, compared to an annual average of about 70 schools from 2008‑09 to 2016‑17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - Additionally, Chapter  202 of 2019 (S B  99 , Nielsen) and Chapter  681 of 2019 (A B  747 , Levine) require that safety elements identify evacuation routes. California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - Summary In this report, we look at how coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID ‑1 9) h as affected renters and homeowners and how state and federal policies have helped to stabilize household finances for both groups.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312