California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - This report examines disproportionalities and disparities across California’s child welfare system in terms of income and race/ethnicity. The report provides background on the child welfare system, describes child welfare system disproportionalities and disparities, and lays out potential drivers of these inequities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

Update on Major Recent Housing Augmentations [Publication Details]

Mar 11, 2024 - Update on Major Recent Housing Augmentations [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4879

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - We suspect that low-wage workers ’ high likelihood of living in three-earner (or more) households might be due largely to California ’s high housing costs. (We further examine housing affordability for minimum-wage workers in another post .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/1

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - To shed light on this issue, we next compare the statewide minimum wage to housing costs across California ’s 58 counties. Measuring Housing Affordability. To assess housing affordability for minimum-wage workers, we compare monthly earnings for full-time workers making the main minimum wage in each county to HUD ’s estimate of “fair market rent ” for housing in that county.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/3

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Finally, we described how we matched household types to apartment types for the analysis of housing costs. Strengths and Weaknesses of Data Sources Primary Data Source: Monthly Current Population Surveys (CPS).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

Proposition 1 [Ballot]

Mar 5, 2024 - Housing. Proposition  1 would give $2  billion to the state program that gives money to local governments to turn hotels, motels, and other buildings into housing and construct new housing. Local governments would get either grants or loans from the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=1&year=2024

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

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2024 - Broadband Public Housing Account. This account provides grants and loans to publicly subsidized multifamily housing developments to finance broadband adoption and infrastructure  projects. Rural and Urban Regional Broadband Consortia Grant Account.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4867

Overview of State Bond Debt Service [EconTax Blog]

Feb 27, 2024 - Bonds also have been used to help finance certain private infrastructure, such as housing. A main reason for issuing bonds —instead of paying for the project all at once, also known as cash financing —is that these facilities provide services over many years.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/798

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program (HNMP) (Under Department of Housing and Community Development) Types of services provided: Counties are allocated funds to assist current and former foster youth (ages 18 ‑24, inclusive) with finding and accessing housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4855