The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - In years of leaner supplies of state subsidies, however, demand for the set ‑aside pool will be much less and a mandatory 50  percent set ‑aside for HDFC projects could be too high. This prospect becomes even more likely due to the up ‑to ‑doubling of the availability of federal 4  percent tax credits resulting from H.R. 1.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Over the next few years, DSS will work toward implementation —in terms of developing detailed program guidance and taking other necessary steps to prepare for the Tiered Rate Structure —with the new rates slated to begin rolling out to youth and caregivers in 2027-28.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Over the next eight years, growth rates fluctuated between 3  percent and 8  percent, until reaching a peak growth rate of 10.2  percent and 10.4  percent in 2001 ‑02 and 2002 ‑03, respectively. Caseload growth then hovered between 4.5  percent and 8  percent for the next six years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - As part of a special legislative session held in January 2025, the Legislature added Control Section 5.26 to the 2024-25 Budget Act, providing an additional one-time allocation of $10  million to support immigration related services, including removal defense.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/8

The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation

Mar 5, 2026 - Additionally, in taking this task on, the administration will be adding to the many competing priorities that are underway. This means that temporary funding may need to be in place until ongoing methodologies can be  established.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Namely, for any new services added to the plan that are rated as supported or promising, DSS would need to ensure that at least 50  percent of Title IV ‑E dollars are claimed for well ‑supported services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - How much funding is proposed in 2025-26 for DSS for each BH-CONNECT component to be implemented by the department (that is, what are the individuals amounts proposed for activity funds, CFT meetings for FM cases, and joint home visits)?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

The 2021-22 Budget: Assessment of CalHEERS Dashboard

Mar 25, 2021 - Any additional issues that arise because of a CalHEERS release (such as a system defect caused by the addition of a new functionality) are added to the dashboard. While the majority of issues are targeted to be addressed in CalHEERS releases over the next 24 m onths (informing the 24 ‑month CalHEERS roadmap), some issues are scheduled to be addressed in a 2024 r elease once the state migrates from its current SAWS to a single system called the CalSAWS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4408

The 2022-23 Budget: CalHR California Leads Proposal

Feb 28, 2022 - Much  of the work proposed under this request could inform future policies and initiatives to advance the overall goal of making the state a better place to work. From the perspective of legislative oversight, this has an added benefit of giving the Legislature multiple opportunities to evaluate the progress the administration is making towards its goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4564

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - A  number of nonreporting entities also found CDT ’s recommendations on hardware, software, and/or tools to implement state IS policies, procedures, and standards to be too expensive and/or too limited given their constrained IS budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756