The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure at May Revision

May 23, 2024 - Proposal Middle-Mile Network Eliminates $1.5  Billion General Fund ($250  Million in 2024 ‑25, $1.25  Billion in 2025 ‑26) Proposed in Governor ’s January Budget. The May Revision eliminates the additional $1.5  billion General Fund —$250  million in 2024 ‑25 and $1.25  billion in 2025 ‑26 —proposed in the Governor ’s 2024 ‑25 budget for the middle-mile network.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4906

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - The Governor ’s budget proposes $1.5  billion from the General Fund for CalWORKs in 2026-27, a year-over-year increase of $368  million (33  percent). Here again the increase is primarily because the Governor ’s budget assumes there will be no remaining unspent TANF funds in 2026-27 to offset General Fund costs as is the case in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - Budget Includes $1.5  Billion in Mostly Federal Funding for Other CDSS Food Programs. As shown in Figure 3, the Governor ’s budget proposes over $1.5  billion in total funds ($137  million General Fund) for other CDSS-administered food assistance programs and pilots in 2025-26 (some federal or state food programs, like the California Department of Education ’s Universal Meals Program, are administered by other departments).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - The primary drivers of this year ‑to ‑year General Fund cost increase include continued estimated growth in the three primary IHSS cost drivers —caseload (8  percent), cost per hour (2.3  percent), and hours per case (1.5  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2023-24 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 24, 2023 - Beginning in 2015-16, however, SSI/SSP caseload began to slowly decline at an average rate of 1.5  percent each year. As shown in Figure  1, the Governor ’s budget projects that caseload will decrease by 1.5  percent in 2022-23 and 1.9  percent in 2023-24, which is in line with past caseload trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4707

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 16, 2024 - At the same time, the budget generates a total of about $1.5  billion in budget solutions by reducing funding for nine previously authorized purposes. Figure 1 Major Spending Increases and Reductions Related to Housing and Homelessness a General Fund (In Millions) Low ‑Income Housing Tax Credit 500 b Foreclosure Intervention Housing Preservation Program ‑$484 HHAPP Round Five
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4936

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - The spending plan provides $1.5  million General Fund on an ongoing basis to administer the Electronic Visit Verification system and IHSS social worker training. Provides Guidance on In-Person Orientations for IHSS Providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/5

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The General Fund —which comprises 61  percent of the total DDS budget —provides $8.5  billion in 2023-24, up $1.5  billion, or 21  percent, over revised 2022-23 General Fund expenditures ($7.1  billion).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/1

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

Jan 13, 2025 - These included (1)  a $1.5  billion ($760  million General Fund) reduction through the permanent and ongoing reduction of 10,000 vacant positions and the associated funding and (2)  a reduction to General Fund operating expenditures of $2.2  billion in 2024 ‑25 and $2.8  billion in 2025 ‑26 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The most recent expenditure data show that between October 2022 and September 2023, roughly $350,000 was expended on program services compared to the roughly $13  million allocated for services and $1.5  million allocated for administration in the 2022-23 spending plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/4