The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The state constitution has a balanced budget requirement, which means the balance of the SFEU must be set above zero for the upcoming fiscal year. Any level above zero is up to the discretion of the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Other counties chose broader groups, such as children ages zero to five (who often have the highest rates of entry into foster care by age) or older youth (who may have more intensive behavioral health support needs).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 16, 2024 - In some cases, such as the Foreclosure Intervention Housing Preservation Program, budget reductions effectively zero out funding for a previously authorized initiative. The budget package, however, largely preserves funding for certain other programs receiving more modest reductions (such as Regional Early Action Planning grants and the Multifamil y Housing Program), which were identified by the Legislature as particularly high priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4936

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

Feb 9, 2024 - IT = information technology; CDT = California Department of Technology; TF = total funds; GF = General Fund; OF = other funds; EDD  =  Employment  Development Department; CalSTRS = State Teachers ’ Retirement System; PSP = Pension Solution Project; N/A = not applicable; CalHHS  =  California Health and Human Services Agency; DSS = Department of Social Services; CWS ‑CARES = Child Welfare Services
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4836

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - CalEPA = California Environmental Protection Agency; CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; CalRecycle = California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery; CARB = California Air Resources Board; ZEV = zero ‑emission vehicle; CCC = California Conservation Corps; CEC = California Energy Commission; CNRA = California Natural Resources Agency; DFW =
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432/7

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Proposed Increase in State Funding for Local Child Support Agencies

Mar 26, 2019 - Should DCSS Create State Team to Frequently Evaluate Status of Zero ‑Order Cases? In some cases, child support orders are set at zero —referred to as a zero ‑order case —if the noncustodial parent has little income or no ability to earn income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3989

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Federal Fiscal Responsibility Act's Impacts on CalWORKs

Mar 5, 2024 - This would lower the state ’s all families WPR requirement to zero or to near zero. At this time, the administration ’s reduction credit estimates are similar to our office ’s independently forecasted estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4877

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

Jan 13, 2023 - The Legislature can choose to set the SFEU balance at any level above zero and so our Fiscal Outlook did not assume a specific balance. (Recent budgets have enacted SFEU balances around $2  billion to $4  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

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

Jan 13, 2020 - While the Legislature could set this fund balance to any amount greater than zero, since 2015 ‑ 16 t he state has enacted balances in the SFEU of around $1. 5  b illion. $1.6   Billion in Ongoing Spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

Feb 28, 2017 - In years that the  CPI-W  is zero or negative (as was the case in 2010, 2011, and 2016), the federal government does not increase SSI grants, but instead holds them flat. The federal government gives the state full discretion over whether and how to provide increases to the SSP portion of the grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576/3