The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Broadband Infrastructure

Oct 27, 2021 - State law directs CPUC to allocate at least half of the $2  billion for last-mile projects in rural counties, with the remainder allocated to urban counties. Each county, whether rural or urban, will receive an initial allocation of $5  million in funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4467

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - The Governor ’s budget includes nearly $3  billion in reductions, the largest of which is withdrawing a discretionary principal payment on state ’s unemployment insurance loan (which otherwise is paid by employers ’ payroll taxes).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - County APS offices may continue to conduct investigations and monthly monitoring visits by telephone or through video conferencing under certain circumstances .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/8

Estimating the CalWORKs Take-Up Rate

Feb 2, 2021 - Families living in high-cost coastal counties such as Los Angeles and San Francisco receive grants that are about 5.5  percent larger than similar families living in inland counties such as Fresno and Shasta.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4340

Rethinking the 1991 Realignment [Publication Details]

Oct 15, 2018 - Historically, these shifts—or realignments—aimed to benefit both the state and counties by providing greater local flexibility over services, allowing counties opportunities to innovate and improve program outcomes, and encouraging cost savings by requiring counties to share in program costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3886

Older Youth Access to Foster Care

Mar 22, 2019 - The regions we investigated further include the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles County, a selection of counties in the Inland Empire and Imperial Valley, a selection of counties in the San Joaquin Valley, and a selection of counties in the rural north of the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3980

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget

Feb 28, 2017 - What Steps Will Counties Take to Adjust to Reduced Caseloads and Funding? Due to variation in how counties approach CalWORKs administration, counties are likely to respond to reduced caseloads and the reduction in the single allocation in different ways.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576/1

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Health and Human Services (HHS)‑Related Funding to Address Homelessness

May 17, 2018 - What obstacles have counties faced in operating HSP successfully? Are there related policy changes that could make HSP more effective? How often are counties able to secure permanent housing for CalWORKs families within 16 days?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3842

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the Health and Human Services Budget

Feb 16, 2018 - Until 2011 ‑ 12 t he state General Fund and counties shared significant portions of the nonfederal costs of administering CWS. In 2011, the state enacted legislation known as 2011 r ealignment, which dedicated a portion of the state ’s sales tax to counties to administer CWS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3757

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - Upon the expiration of the executive order, however, counties and CAPI consortia were required to resume conducting scheduled CAPI annual redeterminations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/4