Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - The Legislature also will want to think about steps the state can take—and avoid taking—to ensure it does not exacerbate climate impacts, as well as how to prioritize across its various climate response priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Feb 9, 2022 - Conclusion California has made notable progress in its engagement and development of partnerships with local governments since 2018 ‑19 when the state began taking a more active role in addressing homelessness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

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

Oct 22, 2025 - This planned funding will represent Round 7 of the initiative, which provides flexible monies to local governments and continuums of care for homelessness-related services. With this funding, General Fund support for HHAP since 2019-20 will total about $5  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - The federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides up to 12 m onths of loan forbearance for borrowers who have been affected by COVID ‑19. Mortgage payments are not made during forbearance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - What actions should the state take to respond to climate change impacts on the residential insurance market? How should the state address disproportionate risks and costs faced by low ‑income residents?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Allowable uses of the funds include outreach to people living in the identified encampments; housing navigators and other case managers to connect people with housing, health care, and other services they may need; improvements to and expansion of emergency shelters and other short-term housing; and delivery of permanent housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

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

May 5, 2025 - Typically, the process for determining whether a law or regulation is a state-reimbursable mandate takes several years. State law further requires our office to analyze any new mandates identified by the C ommission as a part of our annual analysis of the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

May 30, 2025 - Typically, the process for determining whether a law or reg ulation is a state-reimbursable mandate takes several years. State law further requires our office to analyze any new mandates identified by CSM as a part of our annual analysis of the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Typically, the process for determining whether a law or regulation is a state-reimbursable mandate takes several years. State law further requires our office to analyze any new mandates identified b y the Commission as a part of our annual analysis of the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

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

Feb 14, 2022 - Ultimately, assessing the performance of current programs and taking stock of how prior actions collectively have moved forward the state ’s housing response could inform the Legislature ’s budget decisions in 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535