The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2020 - The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details] Overview of the Governor 's Budget January 13, 2020 The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget Format: HTML Description: This report presents our office’s initial assessment of the Governor’s budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4135

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

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - The system, implemented in July 2021 (after a COVID ‑19 related delay in 2020 ‑21), includes various performance measures, including on engagement, participation, supportive service delivery, and post ‑program outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2025-26 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 13, 2025 - Based on these calculations, SSP grants increased by 23.95  percent on January 1, 2022 (increasing grants by $39 for individuals and $98 for couples); by 10.3  percent on January 1, 2023 (increasing grants by about $21 for individuals and $52 for couples); and by 9.2  percent on January 1, 2024 (increasing grants by about $20 for individuals and $51 for couples).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - In addition to its departmental change management efforts, the CSPS IT project will communicate with 21 state bargaining units about the business and process changes associated with the new payroll system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - This increased to 16 hours in 2020-21, 24 hours in 2022-23, and 40 hours on July 1, 2024. The Governor ’s proposed budget includes roughly $89  million in 2024-25 and $122.3  million in 2025-26 for PSL.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The Emergency Food Bank Reserve Program, created in the 2 020-21 Budget Act , provides food banks with food and funding to help prevent hunger during natural or human-made disasters. The 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24 Budget Acts each allowed the Department of Finance to replenish funds in the State Emergency Food Bank Reserve as needed and upon request from CDSS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - October 21, 2024 —ACF Determines Non-CCWIS Claiming Status Starting FFY 2024. ACF responded to the project ’s resubmitted FFY 2025 APDU by determining the project to be in a non-CCWIS claiming status, citing the state ’s failure to meet the condition in ACF ’s FFY 2024 APDU approval letter to make progress in line with the current project schedule without removing planned functionalities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - For example, in 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22, about $13  million General Fund of annual Bridge voucher funding went unspent. In 2022 ‑23, the amount of unspent Bridge voucher funding increased to about $40  million General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - As described in previous posts , the 2020-21 to 2022-23 spending plans significantly overestimated CalWORKs caseload and caseload-related program costs (largely due to challenges in estimating caseload during the COVID-19 pandemic).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969