The 2023-24 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details]

Oct 2, 2023 - Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The final version of Overview of the California Spending Plan is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2023-24 budget package. As these posts become available, we will add them below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4835

Comparing CalWORKs Take-Up Rates Across Demographic Groups

Feb 14, 2023 - The only exception we have found is among parents with more than a high school education, whose take ‑up rate increased modestly during this  period. Potential Reasons for Different Take‑Up Rates Between Groups To Date, Relatively Little Work Has Been Done on Understanding CalWORKs Take ‑Up Rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4678

Fiscal Outlook: Developmental Services

Nov 15, 2017 - By the end of the outlook period, we project annual General Fund costs in the RC budget in the range of $25  million to $50  million to serve the 230 residents who will move after 2017-18. Development and Operation of Safety Net Resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3717

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - Under Cal-OAR, counties are required to develop strategic plans and track specific performance indicators related to CalWORKs over a three-year cycle. Cal-OAR was authorized as part of the 2017 ‑18 spending plan, with the first three-year cycle intended to begin this year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/2

The 2021-22 Budget: Preliminary Comments on the Governor’s May Revision Proposal for Broadband Infrastructure

May 24, 2021 - Funding can be encumbered through December 31, 2024 and, according to recent guidance from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, can fund infrastructure projects to be completed by December 31, 2026. Other eligible uses of the funding related to internet access could include, among others, direct assistance to households with expenses related to internet access.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4440

The 2023-24 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 24, 2023 - The SSI/SSP caseload grew at a rate of less than 1  percent each year between 2011-12 and 2014-15. Beginning in 2015-16, however, SSI/SSP caseload began to slowly decline at an average rate of 1.5  percent each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4707

The 2021-22 Budget: Assessment of CalHEERS Dashboard

Mar 25, 2021 - While the majority of issues are targeted to be addressed in CalHEERS releases over the next 24 m onths (informing the 24 ‑month CalHEERS roadmap), some issues are scheduled to be addressed in a 2024 r elease once the state migrates from its current SAWS to a single system called the CalSAWS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4408

The 2020-21 May Revision: CalWORKs Caseload-Driven Costs in the 2020-21 May Revision

Jun 2, 2020 - As a result of the public health and economic crisis brought on by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the administration projects CalWORKs caseload to average 724,000 cases per month in 2020 ‑21, or about 25  percent above the previous all-time high and more than double the amount projected in the January budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4249

The 2019-20 Budget: Aligning the State’s IT Project Approval Process With the Annual Budget Process

Mar 14, 2019 - The Legislature ’s annual budget process largely occurs in the first half of the calendar year, between January and June. Budget deliberations start after January  10 th , when the Governor ’s proposed budget is released, and continue through late May and early June (after the release of the Governor ’s May Revision).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3976

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - IS Compliance Nearly All Nonreporting Entities Underwent an ISA in the Past Several Years. According to our documentation review, and verified by entities ’ responses to our interview questions, we found that nearly all nonreporting entities underwent an ISA in the past two to three years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756