The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - The purpose of ERF is to provide competitive grants to cities, counties, and CoCs to address “critical encampment concerns ” in their communities and transition individuals to “safe and stable housing, ” with a focus on permanent housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

The 2019-20 Budget: What Can Be Done to Improve Local Planning for Housing?

Feb 20, 2019 - The assignment of land use authority to cities and counties reflects a deeply held desire of the state ’s residents to control the environment of their communities. Many question how the state could make appropriate decisions about their community without intimate knowledge or their community.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

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

May 12, 2021 - While some cities actually saw growth in their sales tax revenue collections during the pandemic, most experienced declines. Of the local governments that saw a decline in sales tax collections, those that rely more heavily on sales tax revenues —meaning sales tax makes up a larger share of overall revenue sources —likely have seen larger revenue declines than those that rely on other revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - The Legislature could consider whether the state should make changes to the RHNA process to ensure that climate change is considered when existing and projected housing needs are allocated to cities and counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

SB 1 Has Doubled Major Source of State Funding for Local Streets and Roads

Jan 24, 2020 - How Maintenance of Local Streets and Roads Is Funded The 482 cities and 58 counties in California own and maintain over 325,000 lane-miles of local streets and roads, which represents 82  percent of the total lane-miles in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan

Feb 9, 2022 - Some key questions to consider about the current proposal include: (1) what would happen to resources once permanent housing comes online, (2) how quickly can the bridge‑funded units be up and running, (3) how does the timing align with the anticipated schedule for more permanent options, (4) does the proposed bridge housing solution make sense
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

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

May 2, 2023 - Historically, a city council or board of supervisors was responsible for establishing their own new council and supervisor districts, respectively. After the creation of the CRC, some charter cities established independent commissions with the authority to adopt a redistricting plan independent of their city council.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766

The 2018-19 Budget: County Assessor Funding

Feb 15, 2018 - State law authorizes counties to recover a portion of their property tax administration costs from cities and special districts. The county may charge each city and special district an amount proportionate to its share of countywide property tax revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3756

The 2017-18 Budget: Local Update of Census Address Program Overview

Mar 23, 2017 - The Census Bureau plans to make a number of changes to the 2020 Census to keep costs roughly similar to the 2010 Census. In particular, the Census Bureau plans to try to reduce the need for door-to-door household visits by improving outreach and providing more modes for response.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3629

The 2019-20 Budget: Considerations for Governor's Proposals to Address Homelessness

Feb 21, 2019 - Eligible cities and CoCs can use the funds for a variety of short ‑term housing solutions for the homeless, such as shelters and rapid rehousing. Cities and CoCs have begun to receive funding available through HEAP and have indicated to the state how they intend to use the funds to provide relief for the homeless in their communities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3942