The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - The administration estimates that implementing the Tiered Rate Structure will cost more than $300  million General Fund in 2027-28, $500  million in 2028-29, and $700  million General Fund in 2029-30 (with some potential growth thereafter and ongoing).
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

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

Mar 6, 2026 - In reality, the amount of such bonds (and thus 4  percent tax credits) needed for HDFC projects will be dependent on several factors —some which cannot be anticipated at this time —and could vary widely.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

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

Mar 3, 2026 - 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. The projected increases to maximum SSI/SSP grant levels in 2026-27 are entirely due to the estimated federal SSI COLA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - The 2019 IHSS MOE was also set to increase annually by (1)  the counties ’ share of costs from locally negotiated wage increases and (2)  an annual adjustment factor of  4  percent. Figure 7
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

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