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

Mar 6, 2026 - The state tax credits, meanwhile, serve to further enhance equity available for a subset of projects receiving federal tax credits so they, too, tend to support deeply affordable projects. A  significant benefit of using 9   percent tax credits for HDFC ‑awarded projects is that the state would have the ability to “stretch out ” its MHP (and other gap funding) among more projects than otherwise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - LAO Assessment Realignment Projections Appear Reasonable. At this time, the administration ’s projections for realignment funds in CalWORKs are within reason. We will revisit these projections at the May Revision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

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

Mar 3, 2026 - Even after accounting for a 2.8  percent federal SSI COLA in January 2026 and an estimated 3.1  percent SSI COLA projected for January 1, 2027, maximum SSI/SSP grant levels for individuals are projected to remain (and fall further below) the FPL through 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

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

Mar 5, 2026 - The state ’s typical practice is to adjust CalFresh administrative funding by projected changes in enrollment, in recognition that higher or lower enrollment will result in higher or lower administrative costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

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: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - 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. We  will discuss the growth in IHSS hours per case in a later section of this brief.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166