The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Across all of the agreements, the budget assumes that these agreements reduce state departmental costs by $750 million ($370 million General Fund). Agreements Shift General Fund Costs From Retiree Health Prefunding to Pension Liabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Counties’ Prevention Plans While DSS has provided state ‑level guidance as described above —because California ’s child welfare system is state ‑supervised and county ‑ administered —actual implementation decisions are made by counties and vary across the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2024-25 Budget: IS and IT Project Proposal Tables

Feb 9, 2024 - IT = information technology; CDT = California Department of Technology; TF = total funds; GF = General Fund; OF = other funds; EDD  =  Employment  Development Department; CalSTRS = State Teachers ’ Retirement System; PSP = Pension Solution Project; N/A = not applicable; CalHHS  =  California Health and Human Services Agency; DSS = Department of Social Services;
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4836

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - When program costs are lower than expected, the state may have unspent TANF funds remaining at the end of the fiscal year (as mentioned above, the state generally must spend the full MOE amount in state and local fu nds each year but can carry forward unspent TANF funds to future years).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The state funding is provided through Proposition 98 and non ‑Proposition 98 General Fund. c TEFAP is 100 percent federally funded. Emergency Food for Families funding is 100 percent state tax revenue collections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/3

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The 2025-26 spending plan provides around $38 billion from the General Fund for human services programs across ten state departments, councils, and commissions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/5

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Although on net state spending for child welfare is budgeted to increase in 2025-26 relative to 2024-25, the spending plan does include some budget solutions, including: An Emergency Child Care Bridge program funding reduction to bring ongoing appropriation in line with recent spending trends ($30  million General Fund ongoing reduction). $57.2  million General Fund annually remains for the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/6

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services [Publication Details]

Nov 21, 2025 - The 2025-26 spending plan provides around $38 billion from the General Fund for human services programs across ten state departments, councils, and commissions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5086

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The 2025-26 spending plan provides around $38 billion from the General Fund for human services programs across ten state departments, councils, and commissions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Of the total 2025-26 DDS budget, $18.2  billion is for the regional center system, $310  million is for the state-operated facilities program, and $163  million is for DDS headquarters staff and activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1