The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - CalSAWS was introduced in 2019 and, as of October 2023, all 58 counties use the system. The federal government helps manage an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) system which deposits monthly benefits for CalFresh and other human services pr ograms onto cards to be used at grocery and convenience store checkout counters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

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

Feb 28, 2017 - The actual delivery of many services takes place at the local level and is typically carried out by 58 separate county welfare departments. A major exception is the Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP), which is administered mainly by the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - CalSAWS was introduced in 2019 and, as of October 2023, all 58 counties use the system. The federal government helps manage an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) system which deposits monthly benefits for CalFresh and other human services pr ograms onto cards to be used at grocery and convenience store checkout counters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Accordingly, Chapter  110 (SB  156, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) appropriated an additional $372  million General Fund to CalPERS as a supplemental pension payment to satisfy the Proposition  2 requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s Proposal to Strengthen Information Security

Feb 28, 2017 - The Governor ’s 2017-18 budget includes $13.9  million ($4  million General Fund) and 58 positions across 12 departments to strengthen the state ’s information security operations. The proposals include various approaches to strengthening information security based on the specific vulnerabilities the departments identified.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3594

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) provides about $50  million annually in federal funding to 49 California food banks (serving all 58 counties) to purchase and distribute food to low-income families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/2

The 2024-25 Budget: IS and IT Project Proposal Tables

Feb 9, 2024 - Figure 2 Governor ’s 2024 ‑25 Budget IT Project Proposals a (In Millions) 7100 ‑222,  7100 ‑236,  7100 ‑237 Proposed (7100 ‑222, 7100 ‑237); Approved  (7100 ‑236) $326.8 Public Works IT System Enhancements 7350 ‑095 IT M &O and File Conversion 2100 ‑014 e Dredge or Fill Permit Application 3940 ‑110 $62.0 a Some proposals may include some funding and/or positions for non ‑IT
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4836

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Support

Feb 27, 2024 - Given we estimated the Governor ’s budget solved a $58  billion budget problem —and revenues continue to deteriorate —the administration likely will not implement the full passthrough to current CalWORKs families as part of the May Revision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4861

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Social Services Budget

Feb 22, 2019 - Since 2008 ‑09, the average hourly wage for IHSS providers increased by 25  p ercent, from $9. 58 t o an estimated $11. 96 i n 2018 ‑19. (We note that this average IHSS wage reflects the base hourly wages for IHSS providers averaged across all counties.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3947

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - As displayed earlier in Figure  2, the administration proposes spending about $671  million in TANF carry forward in 2024-25 and about $110  million in TANF carry forward in 2025-26. The higher amount of TANF carry forward in 2024-25 (as compared to 2025-26) likely reflects the expenditure of many of the remaining unspent TANF funds accumulated during and immediately following the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969