The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - In recent years, the cumulative cost of annual minimum wage increases under S B  3 have represented about 5  percent to 10  percent of General Fund spending on services purchased for DDS consumers. Legislature Has Some Discretion Over Rates, But Faces Trade ‑Offs With Service Access Impacts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 13, 2024 - Background Quality Incentives Will Ultimately Comprise 10   Percent of Provider Rates. Once service provider rate reform is fully implemented, statute requires that 10   percent of each service provider rate is reserved for a quality incentive payment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4837

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - A  small share of people (less than 10  percent) are not enrolled in a health plan, and instead have their services paid for directly by the Medi ‑Cal program on a fee ‑for ‑service basis. Historically, the state also took this bifurcated approach to pay for prescription drugs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - General Fund support in the CDPH budget declined significantly in 2009-10 (during the Great Recession) and was never fully restored before the pandemic. (Overall funding remained relatively flat due to federal and special funding sources.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - As Figure  10 shows, we estimate that baseline Medi ‑Cal spending —without the budget solutions in place —would outpace overall General Fund spending, with Medi ‑Cal ’s share of state spending rising to 23  percent in 2029 ‑30, 4  percentage points higher than with the solutions in effect.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

Recent Changes to State and County IHSS Wage and Benefit Costs

Dec 14, 2018 - Under the 10  percent option, the state ’s and counties ’ share of cost are based on the historical cost-sharing ratios for nonfederal IHSS service costs (65  percent and 35  percent, respectively). Counties can increase wages and benefits by 10  percent all at once or over a three-year period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3913

Governor’s May Revision Update: Health Insurance Affordability Proposals

May 15, 2019 - The proposed state subsidies would limit these households ’ net premiums to a fixed percentage of income that would grow from about 10  percent for households with income just over 400  percent of the FPL to 25  percent for households with income at 600  percent of the FPL.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4047

The 2017-18 Budget: An Overview of the Governor's Proposition 56 Proposals

Feb 22, 2017 - Proposition  10 stipulated, “no monies from [Proposition  10] shall be used to supplant state or local General Fund money for any purpose. ” The court found that transferring funds from Proposition  10 to avoid cuts in Medi ‑Cal was “disingenuous. ” Under that rationale, the court stated that “the state could cut Medi ‑Cal funding entirely and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3573

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Introduction On January 10, 2025, Governor Newsom ’s administration presented its proposed state budget to the California Legislature. In this report, we provide a brief summary of the Governor ’s budget based on our initial review as of January 12.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 29, 2022 - Recent Budget Included $10   Million General Fund for Employment ‑Related Grants. The  2021 ‑22 budget provided $10  million one ‑time General Fund to DDS to support grants to organizations developing innovative strategies to increase CIE among consumers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4577