The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Health Care Access and Information

Feb 27, 2024 - Excluding this technical carryover adjustment, total spending is down in 2023 ‑24 relative to budget enactment, and then increases in 2024 ‑25. Figure 2 Overall Spending Varies Year to Year HCAI Funding (In Millions) -58% HCAI = Department of Health Care Access and Information.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

Realignment and County Indigent Health Care Programs [Publication Details]

Mar 19, 2026 - Presented to: Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5164

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Chapter  4 of 2016 (S B  3 , Leno) has gradually increased California ’s statewide minimum wage from $8 per hour to $16 per hour. Under S B  3 , the statewide minimum wage will continue to increase by up to 3.5  percent each year, depending on inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2023-24 Budget: Whole Child Model Expansion

May 5, 2023 - The 2023-24 Budget: Whole Child Model Expansion The 2023-24 Budget Whole Child Model Expansion Summary. The Whole Child Model, currently implemented in 21 counties, integrates children ’s specialty care services provided in the California Children ’s Services (CCS) program into Medi-Cal managed care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4767

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - Since the passage of the 2022-23 budget, there have been 58 graduates of this program. In the Governor ’s proposed May Revision, approximately $3.4  million for these programs is proposed for reversion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Since 2023 ‑24, the Legislature has addressed a cumulative total of $82  billion in budget problems, but even including the withdrawal for 2025 ‑26, has only used about half of the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Under these estimates and assumptions, the state would end 2023 ‑24 with $3.8  billion in the SFEU. Figure 4
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

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

Feb 5, 2025 - Beginning in 2023 ‑24, the state was facing General Fund budget shortfalls. As  a part of addressing those budget problems, a portion of funding for BHCIP was delayed in 2023 ‑24. Later, in the 2024 ‑25 budget, program funding was reduced by $451  million General Fund, leaving $1.8  billion in funding remaining.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - This section focuses on (1)  new community engagement requirements, (2)  the new six ‑month renewal requirement, and (3)  changes that eliminate federally funded full ‑scope (comprehensive) Medi ‑Cal coverage for certain immigrant groups.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

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

Jan 13, 2022 - The remaining $200  million would be allocated to the state ’s 61 local health jurisdictions (LHJs) (58 counties and 3 cities), with funding allocated based in part on each LHJ ’s population share, level of poverty, and racial/ethnic make ‑up.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492