Broad-Based Cash Assistance in COVID-19 Recovery Actions

Apr 3, 2020 - First, only Californians who have already filed federal tax returns for 2018 or 2019 will receive cash assistance. Millions of Californians do not earn enough income to require them to file tax returns.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4214

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - Food benefit amounts vary based on household earnings and household size. CalWORKs. Counties administer monthly cash grants for about 400,000 low ‑income families with children. Grant amounts vary based on earnings and family size.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

The 2017-18 Budget: The State Controller’s Office Unclaimed Property Program

Feb 24, 2017 - The value of a security can go up —or down —after it is liquidated to cash by the SCO. On average, certain owners may realize gains as a result of the 18 ‑month waiting period as those securities rise in value or earn income in the form of interest, dividends, and other payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3584

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - Overall, most programs increase employment and earnings among participants while receiving a subsidy. However, the ultimate goal is to improve long-term employment prospects of these workers. Research suggests that it is less common that programs lead to h igher employment or earnings after the subsidy ends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2019-20 Budget: The Governor’s Proposed Supplemental Pension Payment to CalPERS

Mar 4, 2019 - The 2017 ‑18 budget package authorized a plan to borrow $6 billion from the Pooled Money Investment Account—an account that holds the state’s cash—to make a one-time supplemental payment to CalPERS. The supplemental payment was distributed to all five pension plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3957

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Flexible Cash Assistance for Survivors of Crime Grant Program Reversion. To help address the fiscal difficulties facing the state, the budget reverts $50  million General Fund from the Flexible Cash Assistance for Survivors of Crime pilot program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2018-19 Budget: Evaluating FI$Cal

Mar 2, 2018 - The FI$Cal Project replaces the state ’s aging and decentralized IT financial systems with a new system that will integrate the state ’s budgeting, accounting, cash management, and procurement processes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3768

The 2020-21 Budget: The Governor’s Cannabis‑Related Proposals

Feb 14, 2020 - Opportunity for Resource Sharing Possible in Cash Collection. EDD ’s proposal includes resources to enable it to collect payroll tax payments from cannabis businesses in cash. However, we find that it is unclear why EDD needs to perform its own cash collection activities rather than leveraging those that are already in place at CDTFA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4162

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - As the figure shows, most of the discretionary increases are to finance some capital outlay projects with cash instead of lease revenue bonds. This increases the size of the budget  problem. $800   Million in Other Differences.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

Federal COVID-19-Related Funding to California

Apr 28, 2020 - Those funds are included in the figure describing funds used by “other public entities. ” Similarly, cash and cash-like benefits that pass through the state government, but are allocated to individuals —such as unemployment insurance benefits —are shown in the figure related to “individuals. ” Direct Payments to Public Entities Funding to State Government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4226