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

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - While overall health effects from wildfire smoke still are being studied, a rough estimate suggests wildfire smoke in 2020 caused about 20 deaths per 100,000 adults over the age of 65. Researchers suggest that particulate matter in fire‑prone areas could roughly double by the end of the century, and that a 50 percent increase in wildfire smoke could increase deaths of older adults by an additional 9 to 20 per 100,000 people annually.
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 - 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

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Figure  1 shows that since 2019-20, the state has provided about $37  billion in funding for housing- and homelessness-related programs. The majority of this funding —which includes the state General Fund, special funds, voter-approved bonds, and certain federal funds —has been allocated to the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and Cal ICH.
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

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

May 2, 2023 - However, beginning in 2008, the voters established the independent California Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC) and made the CRC res ponsible for drawing and approving new district boundaries every ten years with the passage of Proposition  11 in 2008 and Proposition  20 in 2010.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766

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