Today, the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) released a new report titled,
An Initial Look at Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Local Government Fiscal Condition.
Within the report, on page 22, the LAO states:
"In the near term, if the Legislature has interest in providing fiscal relief to local governments, it could allocate funds to local governments most clearly in need—such as special districts that had a direct role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic with no access to federal fund relief. The Legislature could develop a more targeted approach to distributing additional assistance in the long term when additional information becomes available about the fiscal pressures on local governments, including how existing federal assistance has offset local revenue declines and expenditure pressures."
Figure 11 on page 14 shows the distribution of federal COVID-19 funding to date: