Proposition 33 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - They also can limit how much a landlord may increase rents when a new renter moves in. The proposition itself does not make any changes to existing local rent control laws. Generally, cities and counties would have to take separate actions to change their local laws.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=33&year=2024

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - Background In this section, we provide background on the State Library ’s operations and funding, along with describing how local libraries are funded. State Library Oversees Both State Activities and Local Assistance Programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - Specifically, when a local emergency is declared by a city, county, or city/county governing body, CESA requires the emergency to be reviewed every 60 days by the governing body until the local emergency is terminated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

^[PDF] Proposition 103—One Year Later

It is not yet clear how difficult it will be to make the generic rules workable in the context of everyday company regulation. Most observers expect challenges both to the generic regulations and to their application to individ- ual companies.
https://lao.ca.gov/1990/reports/351_0290_prop_103_1_year_later.pdf

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - In contrast, counties and cities that use their own resources to support their labs —or those that decide they want to pay a private laboratory for testing —have a greater incentive to carefully prioritize what evidence should be tested and how quickly it should be done.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - That is: the state will face revenue downturns in the future, but we can ’t predict when those will occur or how big they will be. This makes the state ’s reserve policy more like an individual saving for retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - The absence of this information makes it very difficult for the Legislature to know whether a key feature of the new PDL process works well, and to understand how it will differ in practice from the current PAL process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

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

Local land use planning and zoning. [Ballot]

Sep 1, 2023 - Of California ’s 482 cities, 121 are charter cities. Zoning, Land Use, and Housing. Both general law and charter cities and counties in California make most decisions about when, where, and what type of housing will be built.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-011

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Residential Electricity Rates in California

Jan 7, 2025 - Accordingly, customers in the portions of Culver City that are served by LADWP pay significantly less for electricity than those who live in the portions of the city served by  SCE. Electricity Rates Have Increased Notably in Recent Years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950