The 2022-23 Budget: CalHR California Leads Proposal

Feb 28, 2022 - State Jobs Organized Into Classifications That Establish Salary Ranges. The state civil service is comprised of more than 240,000 full ‑time equivalent employees. These employees work in a variety of jobs across state government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4564

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Caseload Over Time Historically, Caseload Generally Increased Following Economic Downturns. During economic downturns, many households lose jobs and other sources of income. Some of these households enroll in CalWORKs .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot

Feb 21, 2025 - As mentioned, CDSS reported to the Legislature in January 2025 with its cost estimates to implement various policy changes as part of the pilot. While our office is still working to assess the cost estimates (including assumed county administrative savings), the estimates generally appear reasonable at this time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - Total families served in 2022 ‑23: Around 5,000 contacts. Stakeholders estimate 87 percent of FURS contacts result in successful placement stabilization and ongoing supports for the youth and/or caregiver.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4855

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - Department of Health and Human Services found that children living in poverty are at seven times higher risk for neglect, three times higher risk for physical abuse, and two times higher risk for sexual abuse.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure at May Revision

May 23, 2024 - The federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act also provides $65  billion in federal funding for broadband infrastructure projects nationwide, with $42.45  billion allocated to the BEAD program mostly for state-administered last-mile broadband infrastructure project grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4906

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

Mar 7, 2025 - Only one out of six roles on a DART —the liaison, which is CSPS ’s single point of contact with the department for change management efforts —requires a department staff ’s full-time commitment. The remaining five roles —the reporting coordinator, scope/capability subject matter experts, sponsor, technical coordinator, and training coordinator —require partial
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The  administration appears to share some of these concerns, noting recent job losses among high ‑wage workers and the risks posed by the inherent volatility of tax receipts tied to stock market gains.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics [Publication Details]

Jun 16, 2025 - This report is the first of a three-part series focused on trends in the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program. Each part of the series focuses on an area of the program, beginning with this report on participant characteristics.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5057

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Support

Feb 27, 2024 - Since 2019-20, DCSS has updated its LCSA funding estimates every year to reflect the most recent caseload levels and LCSA salary and benefit costs (which are negotiated and established by counties). As a result of the methodology, estimated LCSA funding needs increase (or decrease) when caseload or LCSA salary and benefit levels increase (or decrease).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4861