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

Oct 22, 2025 - With this appropriation, General Fund support for this initiative since 2021-22 totals nearly $1  billion. The purpose of ERF is to help local communities address homeless encampments by funding housing and other services to the people living there.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - State Has Dedicated Tens of Billions of Dollars for Housing and Homelessness in Recent Years. Housing and homelessness are closely interrelated issues. Lack of enough affordable housing for low-income households is a major reason why many people fall into homelessness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Criminal Justice Realignment [Publication Details]

Jan 27, 2009 - Under this financing approach, realignment would serve as a nearly $1.4 billion ongoing General Fund budget solution. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1913

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

Jan 24, 2020 - In the fiscal ye ar prior to the passage of SB  1 (2016 ‑17), $1.3  billion was distributed to cities and counties as shared revenues, which was 19  percent of the total funding made available for local streets and roads.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

Proposition 46 Housing Bond [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2003 - Proposition 46 Housing Bond [Publication Details] HTML Description: In November 2002, the voters approved a $2.1 billion housing bond. The General Fund will pay an average of $157 million annually for 30 years to pay for the principal and interest of the bonds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/989

Property Tax Reductions to Diminish as Housing Market Improves [Publication Details]

May 5, 2014 - In total, temporary property tax reductions lowered local government property tax revenues by an estimated $7 billion in 2013-14, amounting to 15 percent of total property tax revenues statewide. However, real estate markets have recovered significantly over the past two years, and property tax payments for many of these property owners increased by as much as 20 percent in 2013-14.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3010

2011 Realignment: Addressing Issues to Promote Its Long-Term Success [Publication Details]

Aug 19, 2011 - In total, the realignment plan provides $6.3 billion to local governments to fund various criminal justice, mental health, and social services programs in 2011-12, and ongoing funds for these programs annually thereafter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2508

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - At this cost, building affordable housing for California ’s 1.7 million rent burdened low –income households would cost in excess of $250 billion. This cost could be spread out over several years (by issuing bonds or providing subsidies to builders in installments), requiring annual expenditures in the range of $15 billion to $30 billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, a  2015   economic assessment  by the Risky Business Project estimated that if current global GHG emission trends continue, between $8 billion and $10 billion of existing property in California is likely to be underwater by 2050, with an additional $6 billion to $10 billion at risk during high tide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Feb 9, 2022 - The budget proposes $1  billion General Fund in 2022 ‑23 and $500  million General Fund in 2023 ‑24 to address the immediate housing and treatment needs of people with complex behavioral health conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521