California Tribal Casinos: Questions and Answers [Publication Details]

Feb 1, 2007 - California Tribal Casinos: Questions and Answers [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1545

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

May 5, 2025 - We recommend the Legislature reject the Governor ’s proposal and instead fund past costs —which total less than $1  million —for three reasons: (1)  in a similar case in the San Diego region, a 2022 court decision found that local governments lacked sufficient authority to raise fees for stormwater mandates when they had to seek voter approval to do so; (2)  CSM
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

Oct 22, 2025 - Of this amount, 10  percent is set aside for California tribes. MHP provides low-interest (0.42  percent) loans to developers for the construction and rehabilitation of rental housing for lower-income households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

The 2018-19 Budget: County Assessor Funding

Feb 15, 2018 - The Legislature could create a more level playing field for counties by setting the grants equal to the schools ’ share of the cost of the upgrades. Doing so would mean that each county would pay a share of costs for the upgrade that is proportionate to their share of any new revenue generated from the upgrade.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3756

The 2019-20 May Revision: Opportunity Zones

May 11, 2019 - To do so, we first matched each zip code that received investment with another zip code in California that (1)  was eligible but did not receive New Market Tax Credit investments and (2)  had residents with similar incomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4038

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Background Arrested Youths Have Rights to Prevent Self-Incrimination. After a youth suspected of a crime is arrested, law enforcement may want to interrogate the youth to gather information related to the crime.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

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

Mar 23, 2017 - Census results are used for many purposes, including reapportioning seats in the House of Representatives, realigning congressional and state legislative districts, and distributing roughly $400  billion in federal funds to the states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3629

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

Feb 20, 2019 - This can be seen in Figure  3 which shows how many new affordable housing units were approved each year under the Low ‑Income Housing Tax Credit Program (a key affordable housing finance source used as a component of most affordable developments) over the past two decades.
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 - The state will have limited insight into which local governments have been most affected by the pandemic until after the SCO publishes additional years of local government financial data. The picture will beco me more clear next year when the Legislature considers the state ’s 2022 ‑ 23 b udget after the SCO has published local governments ’ 2019 ‑20 financial
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

The 2020-21 Budget: Local Agency Employee Organizations, Impasse Procedures II

Mar 4, 2020 - While the Commission ’s estimate seems reasonable, it is difficult to estimate what the state ’s costs likely will be in the future. The primary factor that affects the potential annual cost to the state is the number of impasses resulting in fact-finding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4190