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

May 5, 2025 - However, the administration maintains that local governments could have raised local fees to cover their costs during that time frame and therefore proposes suspending the requirements for that period and n ot reimbursing them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

Feb 20, 2019 - Over the course of a few years, HCD staff are tasked with reviewing the housing elements of the state ’s 58 c ounties and 482 c ities. Many housing elements are lengthy and complex documents. Some housing site inventories contain thousands of properties —for example, the city of Los Angeles ’ site inventory contains over 20,000 sites.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

The 2019-20 Budget: Considerations for the Governor's Housing Plan

Feb 20, 2019 - Households with incomes up to $142, 000 i n San Francisco and $70, 000 i n Bakersfield would be eligible for housing constructed using funding from this program. Provides Grants to Local Governments Aimed at Increasing Housing Production.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3941

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

May 12, 2021 - In the case of the 24 c ities most reliant on TOT (the top 5 p ercent), TOT collections in 2018 ‑ 19 c onstituted between 15 p ercent and 59 p ercent of the cities ’ 2018 ‑ 19 l ocal revenues. Significant Reliance on User Fee Revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - As shown in Figure  1 , nearly 80  p ercent of households with less than $50, 000 i n annual earnings rent, whereas only 28  p ercent of households with more than $150, 000 i n annual earnings rent. As shown in Figure  2 , more than half of workers who have lost their jobs are members of lower ‑income households (less than $50, 000 i n annual earnings).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - As such, 2019 ‑20 is estimated. c Represents entire Medi ‑Cal budget amount, some of which includes assistance for individuals other than children and families. Due to data limitations, the amount attributable to children and families specifically is not available. d Proposal included in the 2019 ‑20 Governor ’s Budget.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

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

Feb 21, 2019 - Voter approval of Proposition   2 i n 2018 authorized the use of funds from the Mental Health Services Act, which taxes income above $ 1  m illion, for No Place Like Home (NPLH). The Legislature created NPLH in 2016 t o build and rehabilitate permanent supportive housing for those with mental illness who are homeless or at ‑risk of becoming homeless.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3942

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - Somerville, C. T., & Mayer, C. J. (2003). Government Regulation and Changes in the Affordable Housing Stock. Economic Policy Review , 9 (2), 45 –62 . Susin, S. (2002). Rent vouchers and the price of low –income housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345

The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor's Housing Plan

Feb 14, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor's Housing Plan a Based on a partial release of available funding. b $90 million set aside for small jurisdictions. c $90 million set aside for small jurisdictions. Governor ’s 2022 ‑23 Budget Proposal Augments Funding for IIG Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535