The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - BFS also assists the 12 counties and 8 cities that operate their own laboratories where BFS offers services their laboratories lack. (Local agencies also contract with private or other governmental laboratories for services.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

January 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires Impact on Local Property Tax Revenues [EconTax Blog]

Feb 10, 2025 - These property tax revenues would have gone to the County and City of Los Angeles and the cities of Pasadena and Sierra Madre, as well as a number of local school districts and special districts. We expect assessed values to recover over time as debris are removed and homes are rebuilt.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/819

Proposition 4 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - This money would also support community gardens and farmers ’ markets, such as by purchasing shade canopies ($60  million). The rest of this money would support a range of other activities, such as purchasing vans to transport farmworkers and conserving farmland.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=4&year=2024

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - Specifically, when a local emergency is declared by a city, county, or city/county governing body, CESA requires the emergency to be reviewed every 60 days by the governing body until the local emergency is terminated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

Renewable energy (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2023 - These potential fiscal effects likely would be concentrated on local governments located near where solar farms are developed —probably focused on regions of the state that have significant agricultural land (as compared to more urban areas).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-008

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - Response to Wildfires Can Vary Depending on Where They Start. In the case of wildfires, the disaster response approach can vary based on where the fire starts and which entity has wildfire response jurisdiction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

The Definition of Qualified Capital Outlay for the State Appropriations Limit

Feb 18, 2022 - Do Purchases of Assets Count if a Single Unit is Worth Less Than $100,000, Even if the Value of the Total Purchase Is Greater? In some cases, the state might purchase a group of assets (for example, multiple tiny homes or a fleet of vehicles) where each individual purchase (a tiny home, including the land it sits
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4547

Local land use planning and zoning. [Ballot]

Sep 1, 2023 - Of California ’s 482 cities, 121 are charter cities. Zoning, Land Use, and Housing. Both general law and charter cities and counties in California make most decisions about when, where, and what type of housing will be built.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-011

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Justice Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - BFS also assists the 12 counties and 8  cities that operate their own laboratories where BFS offers services their laboratories lack. (Local agencies also contract with private or other governmental laboratories for services.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4527

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - LEAs are eligible to apply for funding if they have schools where at least 90  percent of students are EL/LI, or rural schools where at least 75  percent of students are EL/LI. Unlike the LCRS program, LEAs must apply for these grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012