The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Governor Has a $6   Billion Surplus to Allocate. We estimate the Governor had a $6  b illion surplus to allocate in the 2020 ‑ 21 b udget process. (The box below gives more information on how we use the term “surplus ” in the Overview of the Governor ’s Budget .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - This state share is only imposed on states that have a payment error rate of 6  percent or higher. As shown in Figure  1, the amount of the state share depends on how much the state ’s error rate exceeds 6  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services Human Services Department of Child Support Services The spending plan includes $344  million General Fund for the Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) in 2021 ‑22, an increase of $28  million (9  percent) relative to revised estimates for 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/5

The 2021-22 Budget: CalWORKs Fiscal Outlook

Dec 8, 2020 - Projecting forward from the latest data, we project 2020 ‑ 21 c aseload will average about 393,000, or 33  p ercent below budget act projections, for associated costs savings of about $1. 6  b illion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4306

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Funding for DSS ’s Office of Child Abuse Prevention to Develop a Standardized Curriculum for Mandated Reporters ($0.6  Million General Fund in 2025-26, Growing to $6  Million 2027-28, and About $1  Million Ongoing).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/6

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The General Fund —which comprises 65  percent of the total DDS budget —provides $10.3  billion in 2024-25, up $2.2  billion, or 28  percent, over revised 2023-24 General Fund expenditures (about $8  billion).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/1

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - As shown in Figure  6 , the average monthly IHSS paid hours per case has increased by roughly 2  percent annually since 2014. The 2026 ‑27 budget projects the average monthly number of IHSS hours per case to increase from 125.1 hours in 2025 ‑26 to 127 hours in 2026 ‑27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Some questions could include: If the Legislature does not make an appropriation to implement the Tiered Rate Structure beginning in 2027-28, the current, interim LOC rate structure for foster care maintenance payments would remain in place.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - The balance of the State Health Facilities Citation Penalties Account was estimated to exceed $6  million in the 2020 ‑21 May Revision, resulting in a one-time transfer of $1  million to the Long-Term Care Ombudsman program in 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/8

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - As shown in Figure  6, the state ’s unemployment rate reached historic highs during the COVID ‑19 pandemic (peaking at about 16  percent in May 2020). Similarly, as shown in Figure  7 and described earlier, the state ’s poverty rate (among families with children) also increased year over year in 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057