The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Although the IHSS  caseload has grown at a positive rate for all but two years, since 1991 ‑92 (our first year of readily available data), the rate of that growth has been variable. In 1991 ‑92, the caseload grew at a rate of 8.1  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - The state pays costs for the employer contribution associated with CSU’s 2013‑14 payroll level. CSU pays the employer contribution for any payroll growth above that level. The state adopted this arrangement in 2013‑14 to provide CSU with a stronger fiscal incentive to contain staffing costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Chapter  4 of 2016 (S B  3 , Leno) has gradually increased California ’s statewide minimum wage from $8 per hour to $16 per hour. Under S B  3 , the statewide minimum wage will continue to increase by up to 3.5  percent each year, depending on inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - It  carries debt mostly from former state general obligation bonds and, beginning in 2013 ‑14, from university bonds. In 2013 ‑14, the state initiated a new policy intended to provide UC with greater ability to manage its facilities, more predictability in facility financing, and more incentive to contain costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 23, 2026 - As shown in Figure  1, these estimates represent a $13  million (14  percent) and a 501 person (13  percent) decline relative to the 2023-24 savings, the year before Proposition  36 took effect. These declines primarily reflect the administration ’s estimate of the impact of Proposition  36 —which went into effect halfway through 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5108

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

Mar 3, 2026 - As shown in Figure  3, the Governor ’s budget projects that caseload will decrease by 0.9  percent in both 2025-26 and 2026-27. In past years, the Department of Social Services (DSS) has noted that a potential driver of this steady caseload decline may be fewer individuals meeting income and asset eligibility thresholds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - The largest of these fees is an annual licensing fee, which accounts for more than 90  percent of the revenue in the BPPE Fund. This annual fee is currently set at 0.55  percent of each campus ’s total revenue from California students, with a minimum fee of $2,500 and a maximum fee of $60,000 per campus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 23, 2026 - Beginning in April 2023, fines accrued for each of five key classifications (psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, recreational therapists, and medical assistants) that did not achieve a 90 percent fill rate .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2026-27 Budget: Office of Emergency Services Next Generation 911 System

Feb 27, 2026 - In February 2026, OES reports it will execute an interim contract to move the dispatch centers that are currently using regional Next Generation 911 networks for voice calls to a statewide provider within 90  days.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - This change includes a $175  million increase in non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund, which is partially offset by a $14  million decrease in Proposition  64 funds and a $10  million decrease in federal funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168