The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation

Mar 5, 2026 - To what extent are realignment funds used to support CalFresh administration today versus other county funds? How will increased county costs for CalFresh administration under H.R.  1 affect efforts to reduce payment error rates?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2019-20 Budget: Assessing the Governor's 1991 Realignment Proposals

Mar 8, 2019 - Today, counties ’ share of some program costs exceeds their ability to control those costs. In addition, overall realignment revenues are not sufficient to cover the costs of those programs over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3962

Evaluation of the Statewide Project Management Office

Dec 7, 2017 - This allowed the PMO to test the potential of the centralized project management approach and build the reputation and capacity of the office gradually, with the intention of scaling up to larger, more com plex projects once the office was more established.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3723

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Proposed Increase in State Funding for Local Child Support Agencies

Mar 26, 2019 - As a result, the vast majority of LCSAs have greater resources today —on an inflation ‑adjusted, funding ‑per ‑case basis —than they did in 2009 ‑10. On average, LCSA funding ‑per ‑case has increased by 14  p ercent since 2009 ‑10.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3989

Rethinking the 1991 Realignment

Oct 15, 2018 - As of today, over 3 million Californians have obtained health insurance through the Medi‑Cal optional expansion. State and Counties Adopted New Program Responsibilities, Generally Increased Overall Program Costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3886

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The underlying budget dynamics today are particularly challenging for three reasons. First, revenues have not caught up with expenditures. Second, under our estimates, expenditure growth exceeds estimated revenue growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Jan 13, 2023 - (That is, in our view, these costs would not have occurred absent legislative action and as a result do not contribute to the budget problem the Legislature faces today.) Comparison to LAO November Outlook.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 22, 2022 - To build on the rate re ‑evaluation process, CDT could evaluate whether the State Data Center model as operated today is the most cost ‑effective, efficient, and strategic model for providing IT  services to state entities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4552

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - This report describes some broader, high ‑level social and economic factors —beyond the child welfare system itself —that may contribute to why certain racial/ethnic groups are disproportionately represented in the child welfare system today.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - Under the state ’s current policy to pay for retiree health benefits, (1)  the state and employees each contribute an amount of money —established as a percentage of pay through the collective bargaining process —to prefund the benefits employees earn today and (2)  the state pays the costs of the benefit for current retirees on a pay-as-you-go basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101