How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - Mortgage Delinquency Remained Low in 2020. Credit report data compiled by the Federal Reserve and included in Figure  5 shows that mortgage delinquencies among California homeowners remained low in 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

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

Oct 22, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget Act appropriates $100  million one-time General Fund for Round 5 of the ERF initiative —consistent with an agreement between the Legislature and Governor as part of June 2024 negotiations over the final 2024-25 Budget Act .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - The Commission estimates that the initial state cost of claims from local governments related to the mandate between the second half of 2020-21 and 2021-22 could range between $37,000 and $1.2  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

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

May 2, 2023 - Beginning with the 2020 redistricting cycle, state law now requires the supervisor districts of the County of Los Angeles to be redrawn every ten years by a 14-member independent redistricting commission.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766

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

May 12, 2021 - On March  13, 2020, the President declared a national emergency in wake of the ongoing COVID ‑ 19 p andemic. As a result, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, and certain private nonprofit organizations, are eligible for FEMA ’s Public Assistance Grant Program for emergency protective measures taken during the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

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

May 30, 2025 - Background For background information on municipal stormwater permits; why CSM considers some requirements to be state-reimbursable mandates; and the role of Proposition  218 (1996), Chapter  536 of 2017 (SB  231, Hertzberg), and court decisions in determining whether local governments had sufficient authority to raise fees to pay for their costs to comply with stormwater permit requirements,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

Feb 14, 2022 - The  2021 annual report, which would provide details on the tax credits authorized by the 2020 ‑21 budget, is not yet  available. Governor ’s 2022 ‑23 Budget Proposal Continues One ‑Time Expansion of State Low Income Housing Tax Credits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Moreover, 5 of the  20 most destructive wildfires in the state ’s history occurred in 2020 alone, with an additional two in 2021. Not only do high ‑severity wildfires take lives and level homes, businesses, and community infrastructure, they also destroy fish and wildlife habitats.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - Federal funding for WAP in 2020 ‑21 was around $8.3  million. Key Issues for Legislative Consideration Traditionally, cities and counties have made most of the decisions about housing in their communities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

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

Feb 9, 2022 - DSS also determined a few funding set ‑asides, such as 5  percent for tribes and 8  percent for small counties. 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