The 2020-21 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Developmental Services Budget

Feb 7, 2020 - Governor’s Proposal Budget Proposes to Reduce Caseloads for Service Coordinators Working With Children Ages  3 Through 5. The Governor ’s budget proposes $16. 5  m illion ($11. 2  m illion General Fund) to pay for additional service coordinators at RCs to lower the caseload ratio for young consumers ages   3 t hrough 5 t o one service coordinator for every 45 c onsumers (1:45).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4147

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

Jan 13, 2025 - These solutions yielded General Fund savings of $11  billion through 2025 ‑26. The Governor ’s budget reduces this amount by $1.3  billion through 2025 ‑26. The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

May 17, 2021 - As shown in Figure  5, the Governor proposes allocating nearly $10  billion of this total to pay down deferred payments from previous years, $5  billion (including $2.1  billion ongoing) for high-poverty schools and districts, nearly $1.4  billion for community colleges, and the remainder (roughly $6  billion) for other K-12 spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2025-26 Budget: CalAIM Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports Implementation Update

Mar 6, 2025 - The Governor ’s 2025 ‑26 budget proposes ECM spending at $956  million (total funds) and Community Supports spending at $231  million (total funds), a $67  million (7.5  percent) and $11  million (5  percent) increase over revised 2024 ‑25 levels, respectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - Pursuant to state law, most of the decline in revenue will affect supplemental payments to private hospitals, with only a portion (around 25  percent) resulting in less money for existing Medi ‑Cal costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

Mental Health Services Act: Revenue Volatility and the Governor’s Proposal to Reduce Allowable County Reserves

Jul 13, 2023 - Up to 5  Percent of Revenue Available for State Purposes. The MHSA allows up to 5  percent of overall revenues to be used for state administration of MHSA. The 5  percent is often referred to as the “state cap. ” Under current legislative practice, funding within the state cap that is not needed for direct MHSA administration is available for the Legislature to appropriate to various mental health programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4780

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 29, 2022 - Chapter  3 provided DDS $11  million General Fund annually beginning in 2016 ‑17 to support grants for service providers to modify their programs and services to make them compliant with the final HCBS rule.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4577

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - The Governor ’s budget proposal includes $13.6  billion total funds in 2023 ‑24, up $1.6  billion (13  percent) over the revised 2022 ‑23 level ($12.1  billion). Of the proposed 2023 ‑24 total, $8.2  billion is from the General Fund, up $1.4  billion (21  percent) over the revised 2022 ‑23 level ($6.7  billion General Fund).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Health and Human Services

Oct 17, 2019 - In June 2019, the Governor signed an executive order establishing a formal process for the creation of a Master Plan for Aging. The Master Plan, in part, will address the sustainability of state long-term care programs and how to better coordinate programs that serve seniors, their families, and caregivers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4104

Fiscal Outlook: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)

Nov 15, 2017 - Pursuant to state legislation, beginning on July 1, 2018 IHSS providers will be eligible to earn up to 8  hours annually of paid sick leave, ramping up to 24  hours annually when the minimum wage is increased to $15 per hour (scheduled for January  1, 2022).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3712