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 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - New Fiscal and Program Research Unit. The spending plan provides $630,000 General Fund ($923,000 total funds) and seven permanent positions to establish a Fiscal and Program Research Unit. The budget also includes $300,000 General Fund to develop and implement a plan to monitor, evaluate, and improve the quality of community –based services through a “performance dashboard. ” Developmental Center (DC) Closure –Related Funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/7

The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook Executive Summary Not Safe to Bet Artificial Intelligence ( AI) Fueled Exuberance Is Sustainable. Both the California and U.S. economies currently face significant headwinds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - Costs have been incurred during the transition —developing resources in the community for former DC residents (including safety net services), facilitating closure of DC facilities, providing bonus incentives to retain DC staff for remaining DC residents, and offsetting the loss of federal funding at the DCs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/7

The 2026-27 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 12, 2026 - That said, recent budgets have set the SFEU bet ween $3.5  billion and $4.5  billion, so the Governor ’s budget proposal to set the balance to $4.5  billion is generally in line with recent policy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5101

The 2016-17 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2015 - The 2015 –16 Budget Act included General Fund spending to backfill lost federal funding associated with four decertified ICF units at Sonoma DC, and our outlook assumes the continuation of the General Fund backfill in subsequent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3305

The 2017-18 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 16, 2016 - We assume DC closures will occur consistent with DDS ’ projected timelines, with Sonoma DC scheduled to close by the end of 2018 and Fairview DC and the general treatment area at Porterville DC scheduled to close by the end of 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3507

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - DC = Developmental Center and SSI/SSP= Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment. CalWORKs The spending plan provides a total of $ 5  b illion (all funds) to support the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program in 2018 ‑19, an increase of $ 30  m illion (less than 1  p ercent) relative to estimated spending in 2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/7

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Nov 8, 2023 - Establishes Information Technology Unit. The budget provides $5.2  million in ongoing General Fund and 15 new positions to establish a new information technology unit within OPR. The unit is intended to support internal departmental oversight and administration of information technology needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4814

The Definition of Qualified Capital Outlay for the State Appropriations Limit

Feb 18, 2022 - In these cases, we think the relevant question is whether the group of units as a whole is the asset or each individual unit is the asset. In the case of tiny homes, there is an argument that if the tiny homes are part of a single plot of land or single development they —as a group —could be excludable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4547