The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - The purpose of encampment resolution is to provide outreach and other help to the people living in an encampment and to transition them to housing —either directly to permanent housing or to a short-term housing arrangement (such as an emergency shelter) while permanent housing is secured for them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - Based on how these households ’ incomes change during the course of the pandemic, some households are estimated to have insufficient income to pay both monthly rent and other nonhousing costs. When this occurs, the model assumes these households do not pay their full monthly rent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

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

Mar 4, 2020 - Additionally, the Commission estimates that the annual costs to the state to pay this reimbursable state mandate going forward could range between $605,000 and $1.3  million. Governor ’s Budget Governor Funds Mandate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4192

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, low ‑income households are less likely to live in homes with central air conditioning than are higher ‑income households, and may also find it challenging to pay for electricity to run the systems they have.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

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

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

Feb 28, 2022 - Although the state ultimately is responsible for paying the costs local agencies incurred complying with a reimbursable mandate while the commission was reviewing associated claims, the Legislature can modify or repeal the associated statute to adjust state fiscal liabilities moving forward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

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

Feb 9, 2022 - Forthcoming information from the Homelessness Landscape Assessments and improvements to HDIS could help the Legislature make better ‑informed budget decisions in future fiscal years and exercise stronger oversight over  budget actions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Given the complexity of these issues, this report does not contain explicit recommendations or a specific path forward; rather, it is intended as a framing document to help the Legislature adopt a “climate lens ” across its policy decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

May 12, 2021 - At times, the state helps offset local governments ’ share of cost. For example, through the California Disaster Assistance Grant, the state has covered 75  p ercent of local government costs that are not covered by the federal government in past disasters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

The 2020-21 Budget: Local Agency Employee Organizations, Impasse Procedures II

Mar 4, 2020 - Additionally, the Commission estimates annual costs to the state to pay this reimbursable state mandate could range between $336,000 and $1.8  million. Governor ’s Budget Governor Funds Mandate. The Governor ’s 2020 ‑21 budget proposes $1  million General Fund to reimburse local agencies for the costs they incurred complying with the Local Agency Employee Organizations, Impasse Procedures II statute while it was under review by the Commission.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4190