The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - At the bottom of the figure, we display the total reserves planned for the end of 2020 ‑21 under the administration ’s estimates and assumptions. Under the Governor ’s proposed budget, the state would end 2020 ‑21 with $20. 5  b illion in total reserves.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - California ’s most recent payment error rate, for federal fiscal year 2023-24, is about 11  percent. (The comparable national error rate is similarly about 11  percent.) Payment error rates in California and nationally have risen in recent years, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - As shown in Figure  5, from 2013-14 through 2020-21, the maximum combined SSI/SSP monthly grant amount for individuals (the bulk of the SSI/SSP caseload) and couples had increased on average by 1.2  percent annually —predominantly due to the provision of federal SSI COLAs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - ” The New York Times , December 11, 2023 . California Department of Public Health, Office of Policy and Planning (2024). California State of Public Health Report, 2024 . Case, Anne and Angus Deaton (2015).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Despite slower caseload growth between 2016 ‑17 and 2020 ‑21 (the caseload continued to grow during this period, just at a slower than usual rate). As seen in Figure  4, the IHSS caseload growth rate has since grown at historic rates —reaching a growth rate of 10.3  percent in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s CalWORKs Proposals

Feb 3, 2021 - Budget Overview The Governor ’s budget proposes a CalWORKs funding level of about $7. 2  b illion (all fund sources) in 2021 ‑22, a $ 729  m illion ( 11  p ercent) increase over the revised 2020 ‑ 21 l evel.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4341

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - As shown in Figure  6, the state ’s unemployment rate reached historic highs during the COVID ‑19 pandemic (peaking at about 16  percent in May 2020). Similarly, as shown in Figure  7 and described earlier, the state ’s poverty rate (among families with children) also increased year over year in 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - The final budget projects a lower CalWORKs caseload —instead equaling the previous all-time high of 587,000 in 2020 ‑21. Because grant levels are higher now than during the previous recession, total CalWORKs costs are projected to reach a new all-time high of $7.8  billion (as compared to about $6.3  billion in 2010 ‑11).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/2

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - The public health emergency and subsequent recession caused by COVID-19 represented a significant deviation from this historic norm, with caseload decreasing from about 360,000 in March  2020 to about 285,000 in September 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/2

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services In-Home Supportive Services Summary For the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, the Governor ’s 2025-26 budget proposes approximately $10.6  billion General Fund, an increase of $1.1  billion (11  percent) from the Governor ’s revised 2024-25 budget estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009