The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - As shown in Figure  5, with a grant increase of 0.2  percent, grants for all AU sizes in high-cost counties would equal between 42  percent and 46  percent of the FPL for a family one person larger than the AU size, and to slightly lower levels for families in lower-cost counties (from 2024 to 2025, FPL increased about 3  percent year over year).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Some of the largest spending augmentations proposed include: (1) $60  million to provide additional grants under the Cal Competes program; (2)  the intent to partially restore an ongoing reduction to the trial courts, which, if enacted, would cost $42  million ongoing; and (3)  the Governor ’s proposed expansion to College Corps, which would cost $5  million in 2025 ‑26, but grow to $84  million  ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951