Building California’s Behavioral Health Infrastructure: Progress Update and Opportunities for the Proposition 1 Bond

Feb 5, 2025 - The administration is working to allocate the bond funding quickly, with plans to aw ard up to $3.3  billion in May 2025 and a stated commitment to award all funding by 2026. This leaves a brief window in which the Legislature can conduct oversight of the program and influence the administration ’s program administration decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - Between 2007-08, when CDPH became a standalone department (it was formerly a division within the then Department of Health Services), and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019-20, the overall CDPH budget was relatively flat and was about $3.4  billion (total funds) at its highest.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2024-25 Budget: Future of Public Health Budget Solution

May 21, 2024 - Since 2007 ‑08, when CDPH became a standalone department, funding remained relatively flat at around $3  billion annually until the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of funding for CDPH has been from federal and state special funds, which typically specify, and therefore limit, the particular activities the department can support from these funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4904

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Mar 9, 2017 - Figure  1 shows the increase in Medi ‑Cal spending from 2007 ‑08 through 2017 ‑18 by funding source. As indicated by Figure  1, federal funds and state and local funding sources other than the General Fund account for the vast majority of long ‑term expenditure growth in Medi ‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3612

The 2015-16 Budget: Analysis of the Health Budget [Publication Details]

Feb 12, 2015 - This report analyzes the Governor's 2015-16 state health program budget proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3173

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

Jul 13, 2023 - In the case of MHSA revenues that flow to counties, revenues declined on a year-over-year ba sis in 8 out of 15 fiscal years between 2007-08 and 2022-23. This experience shows that MHSA revenues decline during both economic expansions as well as recessions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4780

The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 11, 2016 - While SPD enrollment grew steadily at about 2  percent annually throughout the historical period, the families and children caseload grew cumulatively by 15  percent (or an average annual growth of about 4  percent) between 2007 –08 and 2010 –11 (the onset of the Great Recession through the sluggish phase of the recovery).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3350

The 2019-20 Budget: Reorganization of the Division of Juvenile Justice

Apr 10, 2019 - Limited Admission to State Juvenile Facilities —Chapter   175 o f 2007 (S B  81 , Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review). Senate Bill 81 r estricted the type of wards who could be housed in the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) to only those who committed certain significant crimes listed in statute (such as murder, robbery, and certain sex offenses) —effectively increasing the responsibility of counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3998

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Developmental Services Budget

Feb 24, 2017 - For example, in the past decade, the state budget provided increases for affected providers in 2006 ‑07, 2007 ‑08, 2014 ‑15, 2015 ‑16, and 2016 ‑17. The Governor ’s budget proposes about $77  million ($44  million General Fund) for this purpose in 2017 ‑18 to account for the increases that took effect in January 2017 and the one that is scheduled to take effect in January 2018 as the minimum wage continues its scheduled step ‑by ‑step progression to $15 by 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3581