Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Coastal Flooding and Erosion From Rising Sea Levels Sea levels along the California coast are projected to rise by about six inches by 2030 and as much as seven to ten feet by 2100 compared to 2000 levels, depending upon the degree of warming the planet experiences.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - Furthermore, although many renters remain out of work, the state economy has rebounded since April 2020, regaining more than 1  m illion out of the 2. 6  m illion jobs that were lost in March and April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - Even with appropriate mitigations, there may be increasing numbers of structures lost to natural disasters —such as wildfires and floods —as a result of climate change. This likely will put continued upward pressure on residential property insurance rates and make insurance more difficult to obtain in a greater number of areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

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

Oct 22, 2025 - The reverted funds come from three sources: (1)  the Infill Infrastructure Grant (IIG) Program, (2)  IIG Catalytic Program, and (3)  Commercial Property Pilot Program. Savings were scored to 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - To assist the Legislature in its fiscal oversight role of this large and multiyear program, this post: (1) provides data on the size of the population of people experiencing homelessness in California and recent state spending on housing and homelessness; (2) describes the ERF program’s goals, funding, and reporting requirements; (3) provides an update on ERF grantee awards,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5007

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Figure 2 Through 2024 ‑25, the State Has Provided $900 Million for Four Rounds of ERF General Fund (In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local governments when (1)  new state laws or regulations mandate that they implement a new program or higher level of service and (2)  the local government does not have offsetting revenues —such as fees or federal funds —available to cover the associated costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

May 5, 2025 - The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local governments when (1)  new state laws or regulations mandate that they implement a new program or higher level of service and (2)  the local government does not have offsetting revenues —such as fees or federal funds —available to cover the associated costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - In Figure 2, we identify programs that help families offset housing costs. Figure 3 provides a brief description of the programs. Figure 1 Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children (In Millions) Building Homes and Job Fund Program (SB 2) SB 2: California Emergency Solutions Housing Program $123 SB 2: Mixed ‑Income Loan
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

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

Feb 14, 2022 - Figure  5 depicts how S B  2 revenues for MIP have changed over  time. Update on MIP. The $300  million in funding awarded to date —$128  million S B  2 funding and $172  million General Fund —has contributed to the creation of 5,500 housing units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535