Data sources

Data is based on reports from local governments and not independently verified by the state. See below for sources and update cadence.

Housing

Housing plans

Prohousing jurisdictions

  • Source: Prohousing Designation Program
  • Author: California Department of Housing and Community Development
  • Update frequency on Accountability site: Quarterly. May be updated with greater regularity on HCD’s webpage.

Housing units permitted and constructed

Progress towards housing goals

Homelessness

Point-in-Time (PIT) and Housing Inventory Counts

  • Source: Point-in-Time Count and Housing Inventory Count
  • Author: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Note: Data self-reported by CoCs to the federal government – not independently verified by state agencies.
  • Update frequency on Accountability site: Annually. May be updated earlier on HUD’s website.

Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program (HHAP)

Caltrans Encampment Removals:

  • Source: Caltrans
  • Update frequency on Accountability site: Quarterly. May be updated with greater regularity on Caltrans sites.

Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF)

  • Source: Encampment Resolution Funding Program and ERF Grant Program 2025 Annual Report
  • Author: California Department of Housing and Community Development
  • Note: Fiscal and outcomes data self-reported by local governments – not independently verified by state agencies.
  • Update frequency on Accountability site: Quarterly. May be updated with greater regularity on HCD’s webpage.

Behavioral Health

CARE Court Adoption

  1. The website shows the total number of petitions filed in each county from January 1 to December 31, 2025, as reported to the Judicial Council, as well as the rate of petitions per 100,000 residents for calendar year 2025. NOTE: This data is preliminary, pending validation, and subject to change.
  2. Per 100k resident rates are calculated using the 12 months of calendar year 2025, representing the first full year all 58 California counties were required to participate in the CARE Act, allowing for consistent statewide comparison.
  3. NOTE: Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Inyo, Lake, Madera, Mendocino, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Plumas, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity and Yuba data are not shown due to small petition counts (i.e., values between 1-10) per DHCS’s De-identification Guidelines.
  4. County CARE Implementation Dates:
    • October 1, 2023: Glenn, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne counties, and the City and County of San Francisco.
    • December 1, 2023: Los Angeles County
    • July 1, 2024: San Mateo County
    • October 1, 2024: Kern County
    • December 1, 2024: All remaining counties

Conservatorship Reform Adoption

  • Source: MentalHealth.ca.gov. Conservatorship reform adoption is self-reported by counties and is not independently verified by state agencies. All counties must adopt this reform by Jan 1, 2026, per SB 43, but counties can choose to adopt early.
  • Update frequency on Accountability site: Quarterly. Please be advised that more recent information may be available from local governments.

Mobile Crisis Services

  • Source: California Department of Health Care Services.
  • Update frequency on Accountability site: Quarterly. Please be advised that more recent information may be available from local governments or the California Department of Health Care Services.

Participation in Full-Service Partnership (FSP) Behavioral Health Services

  • Source: Data self-reported by counties through the Mental Health Services Act – not independently verified by state agencies.
  • Update frequency on Accountability site: Quarterly. Please be advised that more recent information may be available from local governments.