What Is a Mandate? - What Is a Mandate: An Overview [Video]

Determining which state requirements must be reimbursed —and which local governments must pay for on their own —is not always easy. To help explain these issues, we prepared two narrated presentations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=42&videoId=43

What Is a Mandate? - What Is a Mandate: Learning Through Examples [Video]

Determining which state requirements must be reimbursed —and which local governments must pay for on their own —is not always easy. To help explain these issues, we prepared two narrated presentations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=42&videoId=42

The 2018-19 Budget: County Assessor Funding

Feb 15, 2018 - There is no easy solution to this issue. In light of this, should the Legislature approve SSCAP (or a similar program) it may want to consider directing DOF to use multiple approaches to evaluate the outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3756

2018-19 Budget: Voting Equipment for Counties

Mar 16, 2018 - In one example, a county ’s system had a failed part that no longer is supported by the manufacturer or easy to replace. The county purchased a replacement part through eBay. In another example, a county uses the same system it used in the 1990s.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3786

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - There are no qui ck and easy fixes. The current response to the state ’s housing crisis often has centered on how to improve affordable housing programs. The enormity of California ’s housing challenges, however, suggests that policy makers look for solutions beyond these programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345

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

Feb 20, 2019 - There is no easy way of resolving this tension. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

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

Mar 23, 2017 - This net undercount percentage reflects the offsetting effects of both over counts and omissions. Probable Changes to 2020 Census. The costs of conducting the decennial census have increased substantially over the decades with the 2010 Census costing over $12  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3629

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

Feb 20, 2019 - This is akin to the Safety Net Reserve, which sets aside funds for future costs for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids and Medi ‑Cal programs in the event of a recession. How Will the State Address Future Maintenance Costs Associated With Affordable Housing Developments?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3941