The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - However, as seen in Figure  5 , when we consider IHSS hourly wages separately, we see that the average growth rate of hourly wages has been 5.6  percent annually since  2014. This growth in IHSS hourly wages is in part due to increases to the state minimum wage —from $8  per hour on January 1, 2014 to $16.90 per hour on January  1,  2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - The SSI/SSP caseload grew at a rate of less than 1  percent each year between 2011-12 and 2014-15. Beginning in 2015-16, however, SSI/SSP caseload began to decline slowly at an average rate of 1.7  percent each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

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

Mar 5, 2026 - In 2013, the Legislature enacted statute requiring DHCS to develop a new methodology for budgeting Medi ‑Cal administrative costs that would take into account significant changes in eligibility processes and much higher enrollment related to implementing the ACA in 2014.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - CalWORKs HSP was established in 2014 to provide resources and housing supports to CalWORKs families who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness. CalWORKs HSP services are intended to utilize evidence-based models including those established in the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development ’s Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/7

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - According to the administration, this TANF grant reduction is the final penalty amount assessed to the state for failing to meet the two-parent work participation rate (WPR) requirements for FFY 2012 through FFY 2014.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Proposition  2 (2014) requires the state to spend a specified amount of money (determined through a budgetary formula) each year towards eligible liabilities. It has been state policy to satisfy this requirement through the state ’s General Fund contributions to prefund retiree health benefits and annual supplemental pension payments to the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - As shown in Figure  2, the average IHSS hourly wage has increased by 5.7  percent annually since 2014. The growth in IHSS hourly wages in part is due to increases to the state minimum wage —from $8 per hour in January 1, 2014 to $16.50 per hour in January 1, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

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

Mar 5, 2024 - Caseload Reduction Credit and WPR California ’s Caseload Has Declined Relative to 2014 ‑15. In federal fiscal year 2014 ‑15, California ’s average monthly CalWORKs caseload (excluding cases not receiving TANF or MOE funds) was about 446,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4877

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

Feb 13, 2025 - The SSI/SSP caseload grew at a rate of less than 1  percent each year between 2011-12 and 2014-15. Beginning in 2015-16, however, SSI/SSP caseload began to decline slowly at an average rate of 1.8  percent each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

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