The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This amount includes $10  million for Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup security costs, $10  million for Family Justice Centers, and $8  million to the City of Los Angeles for fire engine purchases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - Figure  6 displays how current CalWORKs grant levels compare to the FPL for a household of one larger than the number of aided members in the CalWORKs family. Because the FPL is adjusted each year for inflation while grants are unchanged, progress toward the Legislature ’s goal erodes slightly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Over $2  billion of California ’s annual TANF grant is generally spent on CalWORKs (the remainder helps fund aid for some low-income college students and various, small human services programs). To receive its annual TANF grant, the state must spend a maintenance-of-effort (MOE) amount from state and local funds to provide services for families eligible for CalWORKs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - An adult CalWORKs recipient who has exceeded the federal time limit but has time remaining under the CalWORKs limit can generally continue to receive aid (via state funds). Children of adults who have reached the state time limit can generally continue receiving aid.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - California ’s state plan requires counties to assess individuals to determine candidacy using an “unbiased process and/or tools to assess risk. ” (To aid counties in this assessment, DSS is working to develop a candidacy determination guide including concrete examples on how to assess for candidacy in an unbiased manner.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

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

Jan 14, 2019 - The budget also includes $ 124  m illion, primarily from the General Fund, for other wildfire response ‑related proposals, such as for additional CalFire fire engines ($ 40  m illion) and prepositioning of Office of Emergency Services and local fire engines ($ 25  m illion). $165   Million for Other Disaster ‑Related Proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2021-22 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 8, 2021 - Figure 1 Descriptions of CDT Offices With Proposed Budget Augmentations Office Description Office of Enterprise Technology Provides platforms and technology such as geographic information systems and open data, as well as services ranging from development and operations engineering to planning and product management to software engineering.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4356

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Elderly and disabled individuals who hire private aides to come into their homes and provide assistance with activities of daily living hire through a CCL-licensed home care organization or the CCL registry of independent aides (although CCL has asserted many unlicensed home care organizations continue to operate illegally).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/8

The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs

Mar 4, 2024 - (We discuss this in previous posts , in which we conclude the decrease likely was related to extraordinary federal and state aid offered to low‑income individuals in response to the pandemic.) This decline continued until September 2021, the month during which a federal bonus for Unemployment Insurance benefits expired.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4872

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot

Feb 21, 2025 - Generally, if an individual is ineligible for CalWORKs, other members of his or her family (including children) who themselves meet eligibility requirements can receive aid. Grants Based on Number of Eligible Family Members, Not Overall Family Size.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978