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

Oct 22, 2025 - With this appropriation, General Fund support for this initiative since 2021-22 totals nearly $1  billion. The purpose of ERF is to help local communities address homeless encampments by funding housing and other services to the people living there.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - State Has Dedicated Tens of Billions of Dollars for Housing and Homelessness in Recent Years. Housing and homelessness are closely interrelated issues. Lack of enough affordable housing for low-income households is a major reason why many people fall into homelessness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, a  2015   economic assessment  by the Risky Business Project estimated that if current global GHG emission trends continue, between $8 billion and $10 billion of existing property in California is likely to be underwater by 2050, with an additional $6 billion to $10 billion at risk during high tide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Feb 9, 2022 - The budget proposes $1  billion General Fund in 2022 ‑23 and $500  million General Fund in 2023 ‑24 to address the immediate housing and treatment needs of people with complex behavioral health conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

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

Feb 14, 2022 - The  Governor proposes $1  billion in one ‑time General Fund over the next several years for affordable housing  development. State Low Income Housing Tax Credits Background State Low ‑Income Housing Tax Credit Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - In total, the report found that California renters likely would accrue a total of $1.7 billion in unpaid rent due to COVID‑19 through December 2020. LAO Collaborated With Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia to Develop California ‑Specific Estimate of Rental Debt.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - Illustrating this example, the costs to the state General Fund of providing fire protection have increased substantially in recent years —growing from roughly $750  million in 2005 ‑06 to about $2.9  billion in 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584