Sequestering Savings From the Closure of Developmental Centers

Jan 31, 2018 - 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

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - A disproportionate share of deaths had occurred among consumers living in congregate settings, such as skilled nursing facilities. Developmental Centers (DCs) Are Providing Surge Capacity. Fairview DC and Porterville DC ’s general treatment area —both of which had moved their final residents by February 2020 —have been set up as health care surge
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/1

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

Feb 16, 2018 - The consumers who currently live at closure DCs, especially Fairview DC, tend to be more medically fragile or have more intensive behavioral treatment needs, on average, than residents who moved in previous years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3757

Fiscal Outlook: Developmental Services

Nov 15, 2017 - Sonoma DC in Sonoma County is scheduled to close at the end of 2018, while Fairview DC in Orange County and the general treatment area (GTA) of Porterville DC in Tulare County are scheduled to close at the end of 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3717

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

Mar 3, 2026 - Federal Government Required to Provide Annual Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) to SSI Grants … The federal government is required to provide an annual COLA each January to the SSI portion of the grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The spending plan corrects this assumption, providing $15  million ($8.5  million General Fund) in 2023-24 and $60  million ($34  million General Fund) ongoing to increase service provider rates for independent living services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/1

The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - This overall increase is the effect of higher underlying costs from growing caseload and increased maximum benefit allotments (after implementation of a federal cost-of-living adjustment on October 1, 2023) partially offset by a decrease in CalFresh intake and administrative costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Poverty in California People Living in Poverty Have Incomes Too Low to Afford Basic Needs. A family of three with annual income below $25,820 is considered to be living in poverty (under the 2024 federal poverty threshold).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services 117.30% 118.49% a The maximum monthly grants displayed refer to those for aged and disabled individuals and couples living in their own households, effective as of January 1 of the respective calendar year. b Compares grant level to federal poverty guidelines from the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/6

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

Feb 13, 2025 - Federal Government Required to Provide Annual Cost-of-Living (COLA) Adjustment to SSI Grants … The federal government is required to provide an annual COLA each January to the SSI portion of the grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964