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

Housing affordability and property taxes. [Ballot]

Nov 29, 2021 - Housing Developers Must Obtain City or County Approval. Before housing developers can build new housing, they generally must obtain one or more permits from city or county planning departments and, in many cases, must also obtain approv al from local planning commissions and city councils or county boards of supervisors.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-032

Housing affordability and property taxes. [Ballot]

Nov 12, 2021 - Housing Developers Must Obtain City or County Approval. Before housing developers can build new housing, they generally must obtain one or more permits from city or county planning departments and, in many cases, must also obtain approv al from local planning commissions and city councils or county boards of supervisors.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-023

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - Although we were not able to obtain data from Lendistry on the demographic characteristics of the businesses owners who received SBCRG at a business level, they have shared statewide demographic data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824

Local land use planning and zoning. [Ballot]

Sep 1, 2023 - Of California ’s 482 cities, 121 are charter cities. Zoning, Land Use, and Housing. Both general law and charter cities and counties in California make most decisions about when, where, and what type of housing will be built.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-011

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - LEAs are eligible to apply for funding if they have schools where at least 90  percent of students are EL/LI, or rural schools where at least 75  percent of students are EL/LI. Unlike the LCRS program, LEAs must apply for these grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - BFS also assists the 12 counties and 8 cities that operate their own laboratories where BFS offers services their laboratories lack. (Local agencies also contract with private or other governmental laboratories for services.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

Allocating Local Sales Taxes: Issues and Options

The top panel shows that, before the creation of a subsidiary buying company, the sales taxes on items purchased by a business are collected by the companies selling the products and allocated to the cities where they reside.
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/sales_tax/sales_tax_012407.aspx

^[PDF] California's High Housing Costs - Causes and Consequences

Housing Costs Influence Where Households Live and Work Decisions About Where to Live and Work Are Complex. Understanding how housing costs affect a household’s decision about where to live and work is challenging.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/finance/housing-costs/housing-costs.pdf

^[PDF] The Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Act

Fiscal Effect Eliminating restrictions on contracting for services would make it easier for the state and some local governments to enter into contracts with private individuals or firms to obtain services.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050010.pdf