The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs

Mar 4, 2024 - However, anecdotal evidence suggests some counties ’ FS services have helped recipient families exit unsafe situations, secure stable housing, avoid WTW sanctions, and address barriers to work. In the absence of identifying alternative resources, eliminating the FS  program would likely limit the amount of support and types of services counties can provide to their highest ‑need CalWORKs clients.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4872

Building Permits Update: November 2019 [EconTax Blog]

Jan 9, 2020 - For multi-family permits, this represented a return to the modern peak, but single-family activity has remained well below the levels that prevailed in even the slowest years before the financial crisis roiled the housing sector.      
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/427

Building Permits Update: October 2019 [EconTax Blog]

Dec 10, 2019 - October was the first month in 2019 in which single family housing permits exceeded the pace of the same month of 2018, although the total of 5,239 was right in line with the numbers from April to August.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/418

Building Permits Update: December 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Feb 4, 2021 - Building Permits Update: December 2020 [EconTax Blog] Building Permits Update: December 2020 February 4, 2021 Brian Uhler California recorded 11,611 housing permits in December, up 1 percent from November 2019 and by far the biggest monthly total of 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/618

The 2024-25 Budget: Establishing the Office of the Inspector General for the High-Speed Rail Authority

Feb 8, 2024 - The statute requires that if OIG proposes a different level of overall fiscal support than the amount included in the Governor ’s budget, DOF shall provide a notification to the chairs and vice chairs of the budget committees of both houses of the Legislature and to the Legislative Analyst ’s Office.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

Building Permits Update: September 2019 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 1, 2019 - Multifamily housing units (39,600) have made up about half of the permits issued in 2019. Multifamily permits accounted for nearly all of the uptick in the last two months, with September ’s multifamily total coming in more than double September 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/409

Building Permits Update: November 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Jan 12, 2021 - Building Permits Update: November 2020 [EconTax Blog] Building Permits Update: November 2020 January 12, 2021 Brian Uhler California recorded 8,368 housing permits in November, down 2 percent from November 2019 and in line with the 2020 average of about 8,000 units per month.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/606

Do Communities Adequately Plan for Housing?

Mar 8, 2017 - Regional Housing Needs Allocation Process Defines Each Community ’s Fair Share of Housing. Each community ’s fair share of housing is determined through a process known as Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3605

Do Communities Adequately Plan for Housing?

Mar 8, 2017 - Regional Housing Needs Allocation Process Defines Each Community ’s Fair Share of Housing. Each community ’s fair share of housing is determined through a process known as Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA).
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/3605

Do Communities Adequately Plan for Housing? [Publication Details]

Mar 8, 2017 - Do Communities Adequately Plan for Housing? [Publication Details] Do Communities Adequately Plan for Housing? Format: HTML Description: In this report, we review the available evidence to gauge whether housing element law--the state's primary tool to ensure that local governments adequately plan for new housing--achieves their objective of ensuring that local communities accommodate future home building.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3605