Sequestering Savings From the Closure of Developmental Centers

Jan 31, 2018 - The lease and subsequent lease amendments authorized development of 564 housing units (apartments and some single ‑family detached units) at a complex named Harbor Village. The lease stipulated that units would be reserved first for Fairview DC employees and it also reserved a certain share for DDS consumers transitioning from Fairview DC into community living situations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3735

Fiscal Outlook: Developmental Services

Nov 15, 2017 - DDS will operate at least five of these “safety net ” facilities (which could serve up to 25 people in total at one time) and two mobile crisis units incurring ongoing state costs. Although these ongoing operating costs are unknown at this time, we project that they will be in the low tens of millions of dollars annually by 2019-20, based on the current costs to operate acute crisis units at the DCs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3717

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the Health and Human Services Budget

Feb 16, 2018 - While the ICF/DD units at Sonoma DC were decertified and lost federal funding in 2016, ICF/DD units at Fairview DC and the general treatment area at Porterville DC remain certified through a settlement agreement with the federal government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3757

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - In 2019, the Legislature ratified new labor agreements with 14 of the state ’s 21 bargaining units. In 2019-20, only one bargaining unit (Unit 18, representing psychiatric technicians) has an expired agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - Other DC Issues Fairview DC to Remain in Warm Shutdown in 2020 ‑21. The spending plan provides $12  million General Fund one time for warm shutdown costs at Fairview DC while the Department of General Services conducts a site assessment before determining the disposition of the property.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/1

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - Specifically, at the county level, DSS compares the maximum SSI/SSP grant amount for individuals to the FMR of an efficiency unit (an apartment unit with no separately enclosed bedroom, similar to a studio apartment) and the maximum SSI/SSP grant amount for couples to the FMR of a one-bedroom unit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

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

Mar 5, 2026 - One common challenge with HHS administration budgeting methodologies is that estimated unit costs and other assumptions can become outdated because of inflation or changes in processes or program requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

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

Mar 7, 2025 - A majority of state bargaining units must renegotiate new agreements that year, which is a significant amount of work for both CalHR and the unions representing bargaining units. This work could delay the other work CalHR and others need to do to complete the project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - State Employee Compensation Legislature Ratified New Agreements With All 21 Bargaining Units. Chapter 5 of 2025 (AB 102, Gabriel) amended the budget to include Control Section 3.90, which established an expectation that the administration would meet and confer in good faith with all 21 of the state’s bargaining units before July 1, 2025 to achieve budgetary savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 16, 2024 - The 2024 ‑25 budget package includes certain other actions in other department budgets pertaining to housing and homelessness, as described in the Human Services write ‑up of the Spending Plan. b Because tax credits are not claimed until the housing units are complete, the General Fund impact of new program funding will not be observed for a few years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4936