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

Oct 22, 2025 - The budget package authorizes the Department of Finance (DOF) to provide $8  million of the planned $500  million to HCD in 2025-26 to “prepare to administer ” Round 7. Housing-Related Budget Actions Additional Funding for California Dream for All Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

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

May 30, 2025 - Additional details about the mandate are as follows: Time Period in Question: November 10, 2010 to December 31, 2017. CSM ’s Estimated Statewide Cost to Reimburse Local Governments: Between $238,301 and $334,104.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

May 5, 2025 - Notably, Proposition  218 did not define what activities are encompassed by “sewer services. ” A 2017 State Law Defined “Sewer, ” Making Fee Increases Less Burdensome. Chapter  536 of 2017 (SB  231, Hertzberg) explicitly defined sewer to include both sanitary and stormwater systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Figure 7 Climate Adaptation Funding Packages Included in 2021 ‑22 Budget (In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Beginning in 2018, Chapter  681 of 2017 (SB  395, Lara) required that arrested youths age 15 and younger be provided a consultation with legal counsel before they may waive their Miranda rights or be interrogated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, insurance companies experienced historically large losses due to wildfires in 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2021. In response, insurance companies have increased rates broadly and dropped homeowners in some wildfire ‑prone areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

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 2022-23 Budget: The Governor's Housing Plan

Feb 14, 2022 - The program was established in 2019 after Chapter  91 of 2017 (S B  2 , Atkins) established an annual appropriation to CalHFA for the purpose of creating mixed ‑income multifamily residential housing for lower ‑ to moderate ‑income households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535