Contracting with attorneys. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - Payment on a contingency basis typically occurs only if an attorney wins or settles a case. After deducting up-front litigation costs (such as court fees), attorneys are paid an agreed-upon percentage of the money that their client receives after winning or settling the case.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-027

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Federal Fiscal Responsibility Act's Impacts on CalWORKs

Mar 5, 2024 - MOE Funds and the Work Incentive Nutrition Supplement (WINS) Program California Uses MOE Funds for the WINS Program. WINS, introduced in 2014, provides specific CalFresh households with additional CalWORKs-funded monthly food benefits of $10.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4877

The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs

Mar 4, 2024 - Currently, WINS costs roughly $25 million annually. Because WINS is an MOE‑funded program, WINS households help California meet its WPR requirements. However, the FRA set new rules for programs like WINS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4872

2003 Initiative Analysis: The Gaming Revenue Act of 2004

Net Win Payments. Owners of authorized gambling establishments would pay 30  percent of the net win from their gaming machines to the GRTF. The owners would also pay 2  percent of their net win to the city and 1  percent to the county in which the establishment is located.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2003/031060.htm

^[PDF] Job Search, Training, and Work Experience: The Lessons for California From Eight Evaluations of the Work Incentive Program

Pacific Consultants, The Imyact of WIN II: A Longitudinal Evaluation (Berkeley, California, 1976 • -50- Increase Local Autonomy Over the Types of Services Provided Under WIN. The DSS has no plans to alter its WIN strategy in order to accommodate local economic conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1985/470_0185_job_search_training_and_work_experience_the_work_incentive_program.pdf

Summary of LAO Findings and Recommendations on the 2012-13 Budget

The modified proposal, which save as much as $100 million annually relative to the Governor, would reduce the WINS and WINS Plus monthly benefit to $10 and require application for WINS and WINS Plus as a condition of eligibility for CalFresh and subsidized child care. 2-22-12
https://lao.ca.gov/laoapp/budgetlist/PublicSearch.aspx?PolicyAreaNum=51&Department_Number=-1&KeyCol=0&Yr=2012

^[PDF] The Gaming Revenue Act of 2004

Net Win Payments. Owners of authorized gambling establishments would pay 30 percent of the net win from their gaming machines to the GRTF. The owners would also pay 2 percent of their net win to the city and 1 percent to the county in which the establishment is located.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2003/031060.pdf

LAO 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: CalWORKs (5180)

WINS. Statutory language in the 2008 –09 budget package requires the DSS to develop a WINS program. The WINS program would provide $40 per month in additional food benefits to working poor families. Specifically, the benefits would go to Food Stamps families who are working sufficient hours to meet federal work participation requirements, but are currently not receiving CalWORKs assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2009/ss/ss_anl09003005.aspx

"The Tribal Government Gaming and Economic Self-Sufficiency Act of 1998"

The contributions to the trust funds are to be calculated as a percen t of the "net win" (defined as the total wager less any prize payouts) from certain gaming devices. The contributions vary by trust fund and are based on the net win of devices in excess of 200.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/1998/980065_INT.html

^[PDF] The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs

Currently, WINS costs roughly $25 million annually. Because WINS is an MOE-funded program, WINS households help California meet its WPR requirements. However, the FRA set new rules for programs like WINS.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2024/4872/CalWORKs-Budget-030424.pdf