Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Although uncertainty remains about the timing and magnitude of when and how these hazards and their resulting impacts will manifest, the science is conclusive that they will be part of California ’s future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - (While the federal government issued national eviction protections, the state ‑based actions generally provided a higher level of protection for renters from eviction.) Most significant have been the eviction protections for renters provided by the Tenant, Homeowner, and Small Landlord Relief and Stabilization Act of 2020 (Chapter   37 o f 2020 [A B  3088 , Chiu]).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

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

May 12, 2021 - However, there was substantially more variation in the level of federal funding received as a percentage of 2018 ‑ 19 r evenues by cities than counties. For counties, federal funding represented between 3 p ercent and 49 p ercent of 2018 ‑ 19 l ocal revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - HDIS is a statewide data warehouse that aggregates and matches individual-level data collected and reported by the state ’s 44 Continuums of Care [CoCs]. (A CoC is a federally required regional planning and coordination body comprising local governments, nonprofit service providers, and other member entities focused on addressing homelessness in their area.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

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 2022-23 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan

Feb 9, 2022 - Grants provided under this program fund a variety of community behavioral health facility types to treat individuals with varying levels of behavioral health needs. For example, funds could be used on (1) short‑term crisis treatment beds, (2) residential treatment facilities in which treatment typically lasts for a few months, or (3) longer‑term rehabilitative facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - The Department of Insurance, working with other state agencies and stakeholders, has developed a list of specific mitigations for existing homes and communities in order to help homeowners reduce their individual risk.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

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

Feb 14, 2022 - HCD indicates a strong interest in moving quickly in order to take advantage of opportunities created by commercial property vacancies due to the COVID ‑19 pandemic. Awards would be anticipated in the fourth quarter of 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

The 2020-21 Budget: U-Visa I-918 Form Mandate

Mar 4, 2020 - Moving forward, it is difficult to determine whether the level of workload and the associated costs will change from where they are now. This is because the level of future workload will primarily depend on the number of victims of crime without legal status that request certification documents, which could be higher or lower to an unknown extent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4192

The 2023-24 Budget: County of Los Angeles Citizens Redistricting Commission Mandate

May 2, 2023 - In order to provide equal and lawful representation of residents across all districts of a representative body for a jurisdiction, district boundaries of elective offices must be redrawn every ten years after the federal government releases the findings from the census.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766