Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - Specifically, when a local emergency is declared by a city, county, or city/county governing body, CESA requires the emergency to be reviewed every 60 days by the governing body until the local emergency is terminated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

Considering Changes to Streamline Local Housing Approvals

May 17, 2016 - California ’s cities and counties make most decisions about when, where, and to what extent housing will be built. Many local communities have used this authority in ways that have constrained housing development.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3470

The 2023-24 Budget: California Volunteers Proposed Program Expansions

Mar 1, 2023 - The state currently is experiencing a budget problem where General Fund revenues already are insufficient to fund existing commitments. In this context, every dollar of new spending in the budget year comes at the expense of a previously identified priority and requires finding a commensurate level of solution somewhere within the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4723

The 2025-26 Budget: Office of Emergency Services—Request for Reappropriation of Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Fund Resources

Feb 24, 2025 - This will ensure the Legislature can make an informed decision about what the goals for the program should be and help it eventually assess whether the program should be maintained on an ongoing basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4982

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - In addition, each applicant must propose to do one of the following: (1)  create 500 new full-time jobs, (2)  make an investment of at least $10  million, or (3)  create jobs or make an investment in a high-poverty or high-unemployment area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - A metropolitan area is an area that has a city with at least 50,000 residents. A micropolitan area is one that has a city with 10,000 to 50,000 residents. A small town has more than 2,500 residents but fewer than 10,000 residents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824

The 2025-26 Budget: Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Reorganization

Feb 25, 2025 - A reorganization should result in a government structure where the Legislature and the public can easily identify the person or entity responsible for managing a program. Clearly establishing who is responsible for a program would better enable the Legislature and the public to hold that person or entity accountable for meeting clearly defined outcome-orientated goals and performance standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987

The 2025-26 Budget: State Departments’ Operational Efficiencies (Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12)

Feb 19, 2025 - (For example, lower federal funds reasonably could occur in instances where there are matching requirements that directly tie the amount of federal funds the state receives to the amount of state funds spent.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

Los Angeles' Bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics

Nov 10, 2016 - That contract formalizes the responsibility of the city, along with their NOC and the city ’s organizing committee for the Olympic Games (OCOG), to finance and stage the 2024 Games. According to Los Angeles City Council documents, City Council approval will be required to make this commitment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3506

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - The CSU system indicates it has thousands of service-learning courses where students are able to volunteer with local organizations while receiving academi c credit. Such efforts exist at the other public higher education segments too.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015