Nutrition Programs in COVID-19 Recovery Actions

Mar 25, 2020 - Unlike these programs, SNAP is an entitlement program for which funding automatically increases as more people become eligible (for example, duri ng an economic downturn). Consequently, the federal relief acts do not explicitly increase funding for SNAP, although we anticipate California will receive increased SNAP funding as the economy contracts and caseloads increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4211

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - As part of its oversight of the SNAP program, the federal government calculates the payment error rate, which measures the extent to which benefit payments are higher or lower than they should be based on individual household circumstances.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - Counties administer SNAP, but the federal government paid the $7.6 billion in SNAP benefits directly to California grocers (we include costs to administer the SNAP program in payments to the state government, which are ultimately allocated to counties).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/3

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The federal Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2023 mandated federal reimbursement of SNAP (or CalFresh in California) food benefit theft. States may use federal funds to replace SNAP benefits stolen through card skimming, cloning, or scamming from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3

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

Mar 5, 2026 - Research on the impacts of the SNAP work requirement indicate that it results in increased disenrollment, in part driven by otherwise eligible enrollees not complying with paperwork or tracking requirements (commonly referred to as “administrative burden ”).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - CalFresh is California ’s version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which provides monthly food assistance to qualifying low-income households. To be eligible, households generally must earn less than 200  percent of the federal poverty level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

2021-22 Fiscal Outlook Economic Assumptions [EconTax Blog]

Nov 18, 2020 - Overall wage and salary growth, however, is expected to snap back more quickly, reflecting, in part, that many high-wage workers have been spared from pandemic-related job losses. Housing markets, which slowed briefly in the early months of the pandemic, have seen robust activity recently.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/582

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - Similarly, most federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) flows from the state to grocers (which we define as private entities). The state also distributes most federal funds for education to school districts and local education agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/1

^[PDF] Overview of Individuals Impacted by H.R. 1 Work Requirement Policies in Medi-Cal and CalFresh

. „ CalFresh is California’s version of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). It provides federally funded food assistance to about 5.4 million low-income Californians. Most CalFresh enrollees (about 90 percent) are also enrolled in Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/socservices/2026/Impacts-of-HR1-Work-Requirement-Policies-in-Medi-Cal-and-CalFresh-031126.pdf

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - In this post, estimates of total federal expenditures by county include: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, federal civilian wages, military wages, government contracts, veterans ’ benefits, Supplementary Security Income (SSI), the refundable portion of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/6