Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Additional research suggests that 15 wastewater treatment plants in California will be exposed to flooding with three feet of sea‑level rise, growing to 36 facilities with six feet of sea‑level rise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Oct 22, 2025 - Of this amount, 10  percent is set aside for California tribes. MHP provides low-interest (0.42  percent) loans to developers for the construction and rehabilitation of rental housing for lower-income households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - Senate Bill  231, which took effect in 2018, makes increasing stormwater-related fees more straightforward for local governments because they can use the majority protest provision rather than having to seek voter approval.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - For some hazards, such as sea‑level rise, maps showing the areas that are anticipated to be inundated under various possible future scenarios are widely available, although the time horizon for when the changes will occur is uncertain.
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

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - Although the economic rebound had slowed in recent months, the labor market has nevertheless regained 1  m illion jobs since it hit bottom in April 2020. Home Equity Has Risen. Monetary policy and guidance set by the Federal Reserve in response to the pandemic helped to push down mortgage interest rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Background Arrested Youths Have Rights to Prevent Self-Incrimination. After a youth suspected of a crime is arrested, law enforcement may want to interrogate the youth to gather information related to the crime.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Program Currently Is in Its Fourth Year of Funding … Figure  2 shows that, after an initial General Fund appropriation of $50  million in 2021-22, the Legislature has provided one-time amounts for ERF each year since.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - For a more detailed discussion of the administration ’s rationale —which also applied to the mandate addressed in the Governor ’s January budget proposal —and our corresponding assessment, please see our recent post .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

Feb 14, 2022 - Specifically, these developments serve renters with incomes between 30  percent and 80  percent of the Area Median Income (AMI), with an option to serve renters with incomes up to 120  percent of AMI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535