Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - The New PDL Process for GenAI Projects Consistent with the requirements of the EO, the most recent deliverable completed in February 2025 makes changes to the state ’s technology project procurement and approval processes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - Background CSPS IT Project Will Replace State ’s Aging Payroll Systems. The state ’s current payroll system —known as the Uniform State Payroll System (USPS) —is an amalgam of 12 different systems, all of which are aging and some of which were developed nearly 50 years ago.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - ACF responded to the project ’s resubmitted FFY 2025 APDU by determining the project to be in a non-CCWIS claiming status, citing the state ’s failure to meet the condition in ACF ’s FFY 2024 APDU approval letter to make progress in line with the current project schedule without removing planned functionalities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services In-Home Supportive Services Summary For the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, the Governor ’s 2025-26 budget proposes approximately $10.6  billion General Fund, an increase of $1.1  billion (11  percent) from the Governor ’s revised 2024-25 budget estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

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

Feb 21, 2025 - California state law currently stipulates that if the state fails to meet the WPR requirement(s) and incurs a federal penalty, counties that did not meet the WPR requirement(s) locally incur a portion of the penalty ’s cost (given California ’s appeals, counties have not incurred a penalty to date).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - What policy and programmatic changes will be needed to fulfill the Legislature ’s goals for the CalWORKs program and for California ’s participation in the federal TANF pilot? How will these changes be funded?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

The 2025-26 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 13, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program Summary For 2025-26, the Governor ’s budget proposes $3.6  billion from the General Fund for the state ’s share of SSI/SSP —a decrease of $5.4  million (0.2  percent) from the Governor ’s revised 2024-25 budget estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - In this post, we provide background on the state ’s major food assistance programs, CalFresh and the California Food Assistance Program (CFAP), provide updates on caseload trends, and analyze the Governor ’s proposed food assistance budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - A health/behavioral health service provider will document the need for these services in a youth ’s clinical record and coordinate delivery of the activity in collaboration with the youth, their caregiver(s), and social worker, as appropriate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Governor ’s Budget Includes Some Smaller Proposals. The Governor ’s budget includes three categories of discretionary proposals. First, some proposals provide short ‑term budget savings that create more budget capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951