Legislative Analyst's Office: Recent Local Government Publications

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

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The 2025-26 budget package contains a number of major actions in the area of agency reorganization, homelessness, housing, and other actions, which we describe in this post.

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

Fri, 30 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

In this post, we discuss the Governor's May Revision budget proposal to retroactively suspend three municipal stormwater mandates.

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

Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

In this budget post, we discuss a municipal stormwater mandate issued by the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board in 2009 for local governments in Orange County.

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) program provides grants for local communities to address homeless encampments by funding housing and other services to the people living there. To assist the Legislature in its fiscal oversight role of this large and multiyear program, this post: (1) provides data on the size of the population of people experiencing homelessness in California and recent state spending on housing and homelessness; (2) describes the ERF program’s goals, funding, and reporting requirements; (3) provides an update on ERF grantee awards, spending, and outcomes data available as of this writing; and (4) provides an assessment and makes an associated recommendation to the Legislature.

Overview of State Funding for Affordable Housing Production

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

Tue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT

In this post, we discuss the Juvenile Custodial Interrogations mandate, which is a newly identified state mandate funded in the Governor’s 2024-25 May Revision budget.

Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Presented to: Assembly Committee on Health and Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development

Review of Recent Department of Social Services Housing and Homelessness Augmentations

Fri, 14 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Review of Recent Department of Social Services Housing and Homelessness Augmentations

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

Tue, 02 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT

In this post, we discuss the County of Los Angeles Citizens Redistricting Commission Mandate, which is a newly identified state mandate funded in an amendment to the Governor’s 2023-24 budget.

Recent Homelessness-Related Augmentations and Oversight

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Presented to: Senate Housing Committee Senate Committee on Human Services

Overview of State Housing Spending

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Presented to: Senate Housing Committee Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development

Recent Housing and Homelessness Augmentations and Oversight

Wed, 15 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Presented to: Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development, Assembly Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review, Assembly Committee on Health, Assembly Committee on Human Services,

California’s Housing and Homelessness Challenges in Context

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Presented to: Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT

This report contains four primary sections: (1) a description of the five key climate hazards affecting California, (2) the major ways those hazards impact sectors across the state, (3) significant existing state-level efforts underway to address climate change impacts, and (4) key issues for the Legislature to consider in response to these impacts. This is one of a series of reports summarizing how climate change will impact different sectors across California.

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT

This report focuses on how a changing climate is affecting the housing sector and key issues the Legislature faces in responding to those impacts. This is one of a series of reports summarizing how climate change will impact different sectors across California.