The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - The total savings across all budget solutions is lower, with a $400  million reduction in savings in 2025 ‑26 and a $200  million net reduction in 2026 ‑27. The savings reductions are concentrated in a few solutions, with lower estimated savings from newly collected drug rebates (a $400  million total reduction in savings across 2025 ‑26 and 2026 ‑27) and the end of coverage for
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - As local governments reach these new goals, an additional $ 500  m illion would be available to cities and counties for general purposes. Middle ‑Income Housing Loans. The Governor ’s budget proposes $ 500  m illion General Fund to expand the California Housing Finance Agency ’s (CalHFA ’s) Mixed ‑Income Loan Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - In the 2022-23 spending plan, CDPH received $100  million General Fund for state operations and local health jurisdictions received $200  million General Fund —on an ongoing basis —to implement the recommendations of the Future of Public Health workgroup.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Specifically, the budget proposes $500  million for tax credits to builders of rental housing affordable to low ‑income households, $200  million for mixed ‑income housing, $200  million to preserve affordable housing units, and $100  million to preserve affordable mobile  homes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - On a total fund basis, Medi ‑Cal is the largest program in the state budget, with its nearly $200  billion budget comprising 40  percent of spending across all sources (including federal funds). More than half of this amount comes from federal funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

Fiscal Outlook: Medi-Cal

Nov 15, 2017 - By 2021-22, estimated General Fund Medi-Cal costs for CHIP would be between $400  million and $500  million higher than in 2017-18. Possible Federal Failure to Reauthorize CHIP. Without federal reauthorization of CHIP funding, the state would likely exhaust its remaining unspent federal funds for CHIP by the end of 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3715

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 16, 2021 - As a result, we expect the administration ’s Proposition   56 revenue estimates to be revised upward by around $50 million in 2020‑21 and around $200 million in 2021‑22 at May Revision. This would reduce the need for General Fund to support Proposition 56 provider payment increases by $200 million in 2021‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373

Governor’s May Revision Update: Health Insurance Affordability Proposals

May 15, 2019 - In the May Revision, the administration now proposes making state subsidies available down to 200  percent of the FPL, in response to concerns that cost-sharing reduction subsidies are not significant for households with incomes between 200  percent and 250  percent of the FPL.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4047

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

May 17, 2021 - We only plan to update this figure for very significant changes (that is, those greater than $500 million). CDPH = California Department of Public Health; COVID ‑19 = coronavirus disease 2019; CHHS = California Health and Human Services Agency; HHS = Health and Human Services; GARE = Government Alliance on Race and Equity; EMSA = Emergency Medical Services Authority; CalAIM =
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The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 10, 2023 - The 2022 ‑23 budget package included $1  billion General Fund in 2022 ‑23 and $500  million General Fund in 2023 ‑24 for grants to local entities to develop transitional housing for individuals experiencing homelessness who also have serious behavioral health conditions.
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