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

Mar 3, 2026 - Governor ’s January Budget Includes Federal SSI COLA Estimates and Holds 2026-27 SSP Grants Unchanged. Figure  4 shows how 2024-25 maximum SSI/SSP grant levels compare to 2025-26 maximum SSI/SSP grant levels and the administration ’s estimates of the 2026-27 federal SSI grant increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - Figure  4 accounts for the proposed use of California ’s $3.7  billion in TANF funds in 2026-27. It also identifies the $6.3  billion in state and local expenditures identified as countable as MOE expenditures, more than satisfying the state ’s $2.8  billion requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - As seen in Figure  4, the IHSS caseload growth rate has since grown at historic rates —reaching a growth rate of 10.3  percent in 2024 ‑25. The Governor ’s 2026 ‑27 budget assumes the caseload will continue growing at this faster rate, estimating a growth rate of 10  percent in 2025 ‑26 and 8  percent in 2026 ‑27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - The  administration ’s overall plan is for HDFC to begin making awards beginning in 2026 ‑27 but with HCD and CalHFA staff providing support over the next year or two as HDFC engages in this redesign work and builds internal capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare Full Implementation Underway CWS ‑CARES Nearly $2 billion provided over life of project, including $180 million in 2026 ‑27 included in Governor ’s budget. Statewide launch of version 1 planned for October 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

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

Mar 3, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program [Publication Details] The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program Format: HTML Description: For 2026-27, the Governor’s budget proposes $3.6 billion from the General Fund for the state’s share of SSI/SSP—an increase of $94 million (2.7 percent) from the Governor’s revised 2025-26 budget estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5148

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget package includes a final year of funding totaling $5.5  million from the General Fund for the California Education Learning Lab, with the intention to eliminate the program beginning in 2026-27 (which will achieve $4  million in ongoing savings).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - These changes (described further below) result in net savings of about $21  million total funds in 2025-26 and about $32  million total funds in 2026-27 and ongoing. Of these savings, the spending plan reinvests about $4.6  million in 2025-26 and $14  million in 2025-26 and ongoing into the CalWORKs single allocation, resulting in General Fund savings of about $16  million in 2025-26 and $18  million in 2026-27 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services [Publication Details]

Mar 18, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation [Publication Details] Description: In this brief, we assess the Governor's proposed funding for county administration of Medi-Cal and CalFresh in response to H.R. 1 and provide related recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5149