What Can We Learn From How the State Responded to the Last Major Drought?

May 13, 2021 - Of course, the Legislature will want to consider funding such activities within the context of its numerous other budget priorities, including helping California households and businesses recover from the economic effects of the COVID‑19 pandemic, mitigating the growing risk of severe wildfires, and addressing long‑standing statewide issues like housing affordability and homelessness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4429

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

May 12, 2021 - Although the federal government has ultimate discretion, some of these costs could i nclude costs associated with disinfecting eligible facilities, providing temporary medical facilities, providing temporary housing for persons experiencing homelessness, purchasing equipment and supplies (such as face masks and other personal protective equipment), and directing law enforcement to provide necessary assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

A Framework for Allocating Federal Recovery Funds

May 4, 2021 - For instance, if the Legislature wished to allocate additional funding for housing and homelessness, the state surplus could be used to purchase land and buildings, but likely could not be used to provide services and supports (due to SAL constraints).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4422

Overview of Federal Relief for K-12 Education and Child Care

Apr 29, 2021 - ARP additionally provides $800  million for identifying and providing services to homeless students. California will receive $99  million to support homeless students. Similar to the first two federal packages, ARP requires states accepting ESSER funds to maintain their support for K-12 education and higher education for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

Early Budget Actions to Support In-Person K-12 Instruction and Address Learning Loss

Apr 23, 2021 - Funds are intended for LEAs to prioritize students who would benefit most from in-person instruction, such as low-income students, English learners, foster youth, homeless youth, students with disabilities, and students with failing grades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4417

The State Appropriations Limit

Apr 21, 2021 - The state also provides funding for a broad range of programmatic activities, for example, in criminal justice, housing and homelessness, and transportation. However, very little of this funding is counted toward local governments ’ limits because funding must be unrestricted to meet the statutory definition of a subvention.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4416

The 2021-22 Budget: “Cradle to Career” Data System

Mar 26, 2021 - For example, the administration indicates that some of its estimates were based on what it cost the state to develop a data system on homelessness, scaled up to take into account the much larger scope of the integrated education data system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: Equity Considerations

Mar 12, 2021 - Key components of CalAIM aim to improve the health and other outcomes for individuals experiencing or at risk of homelessness. (Medi ‑Cal likely is the main source of health care coverage for state residents who are homeless.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4402

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Continuum Infrastructure Funding Proposal [Publication Details]

Feb 17, 2021 - This post analyzes the Governor’s proposal in the Department of Health Care Services to provide $750 million General Fund—on a one-time basis—in competitive grants to counties to acquire or renovate facilities for community behavioral health services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4379

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Continuum Infrastructure Funding Proposal

Feb 17, 2021 - Moreover, recent one ‑time allocations for homelessness grants to local governments like the Homelessness Emergency Aid Program; Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program; and Homekey all included trailer bill language to govern those allocations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4379