The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - The $40.4  million balance is expected to be used in 2024-25 for any remaining planning activities and to start development and implementation of the project. Provisional budget bill language in the 2024-25 Budget Act also makes available an additional $10.4  million for development and implementation costs in
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - PSL became available on July 1, 2018 for IHSS providers who worked a certain number of hours within a calendar year. In 2018-19, the maximum amount of PSL an IHSS provider could accrue was eight hours per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - However, as a budget solution, the 2024-25 spending plan de layed the expansion implementation by two years. Automation for the expansion is now expected to begin in 2026-27, with benefit distribution to begin in 2027-28 (for newly eligible recipients).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Savings Proposals Generates $1.6 Billion School and Community College Settle‑Up Obligation in 2024‑25. The Governor’s budget proposes providing $1.6 billion less in total funding for schools and community colleges than the estimated constitutional minimum funding level for 2024‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - The proposed decrease in TANF carry forward in 2025-26 (relative to 2024-25) brings annual carry forward spending mor e in line with annual levels seen before the pandemic. As a result, as shown in Figure  3, General Fund in CalWORKs increases year over year from 2024-25 to 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Security Proposals

Mar 23, 2023 - We recommend the Legislature require CDT and DOF to provide these options by the end of the calendar year to inform the 2024-25 budget process. Consider Phasing in Number of Positions for Larger IS Proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4748

The 2024-25 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 29, 2024 - PSL became available on July 1, 2018 for IHSS providers who worked a certain number of hours within a calendar year. In 2018-19, the maximum amount of PSL an IHSS provider could accrue was eight hours per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4868

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Moreover, due to changes regarding the measure of the WPR, the state is likely to meet federal WPR requirements for the next few years (described further in our recent post The 2024‑25 Budget: Overview of the Federal Fiscal Responsibility Act’s Impacts on CalWORKs ).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - Funding included in the Governor’s budget for 2024-25 (half-year implementation) is $13.2 million total funds ($9.7 million General Fund). We are working with the administration to understand proposed costs for 2025-26 (full-year implementation).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

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

Feb 13, 2025 - Statute required the Department of Finance to estimate what percentage grant increase could be supported by a half-year cost of $291  million in 2021-22 (estimated to be about $580  million in 2022-23), a half-year cost of $150  million in 2022-23 (estimated to be about $300  million in 2023-24), and a half-year of cost of $146  million in 2023-24 (estimated to be about $292  million in 2024-25).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964