Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - What Role Should the State Play in Influencing Where New Homes Are Built? Cities and counties generally decide when, where, and to what extent housing can be built within their jurisdictions. As climate risks increase, the Legislature could consider whether to make changes to the existing processes for planning for new housing to more fully and consistently consider those risks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan

Feb 9, 2022 - For instance, funds could be used to purchase and install tiny homes and to provide time ‑limited operational supports in these tiny homes or in other housing settings, including existing assisted living settings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

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

May 12, 2021 - For instance, if there are broad, long ‑standing changes to where people chose to live and work, the pandemic could, over time, change the key economic drivers of a community. As an example, some employers may continue to provide their employees additional flexibility to work remotely even after the COVID ‑ 19 e mergency subsides.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

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

May 2, 2023 - Census identifies (1)  the number of people who live in the United States and (2)  where people live across the country. The census shows changes in the number of people living in a jurisdiction and collects information regarding the demographics and characteristics of those people.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - The purpose of ERF is to provide competitive grants to cities, counties, and CoCs to address “critical encampment concerns ” in their communities and transition individuals to “safe and stable housing, ” with a focus on permanent housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Costs for cities and counties might include adding drainage to roads to manage more intense rain events, or modifying water treatment plants located along the coast to accommodate higher sea levels. …And Private Residents and Businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Feb 14, 2022 - The program helps to preserve affordable mobilehome parks by offering loans (1)  so a resident organization, nonprofit entity, or local public agency can purchase (convert) a mobilehome park; (2)  for rehabilitation or relocation of a purchased park; and (3)  so low ‑income residents can purchase a share or space in a converted park or to pay for the cost to repair low ‑income residents ’ mobilehomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

SB 1 Has Doubled Major Source of State Funding for Local Streets and Roads

Jan 24, 2020 - Cities and counties receive equal splits of the shared revenues. City distributions are based on population, whereas county distributions are determined by the number of registered vehicles and miles of maintained county roads.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - However, youths have federal and state rights to remain silent, have legal counsel —typically a lawyer —present during any interrogation, and have legal counsel appointed in cases where the youth or the youth ’s family cannot afford it.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

The 2022-23 Budget: Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges Mandate

Feb 28, 2022 - In 2003, Los Angeles County and several cities in the region filed test claims with the commission alleging that various sections of the 2001 Los Angeles RWQCB stormwater discharge permit constituted state ‑reimbursable mandates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565