The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - The administration ’s proposal to measure county performance against baselines using failure-to-prison rates from 2021 through 2023 has a key drawback. Specifically, including 2021 data is problematic because failure-to-prison rates during 2021 were artificially low due to factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic rather than county performance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - In 2021 ‑22, Most Direct Contract Providers Shifted to RMR. In 2021 ‑22, the state began funding most direct contract providers based on the RMR —the rate used for voucher ‑based providers —which reflects the 75th percentile of a county ’s market rates for child care identified in the 2018 survey.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2025-26 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 13, 2025 - After the Great Recession, SSP grants occasionally were increased by applying the CNI only to the SSP portion of the grant (in 2016-17 and 2021-22). Additionally, while not COLAs, SSP grant increases were provided in 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - For example, the Alisal Fire started on October 11, 2021, and continued until November 20, 2021. However, the Governor proclaimed a state of emergency related to the fire on July 1, 2022 —over seven months after the wildfire ended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

Apr 3, 2025 - Between 2021 and 2023, the Legislature also added the following three new programs to DFPI ’s suite of responsibilities: California Consumer Financial Protection Program. Chapter  157 of 2020 (AB  1864, Lim ón) —known as the California Consumer Financial Protection Law —broadened DFPI ’s authority in various ways beginning January 1, 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Program Currently Is in Its Fourth Year of Funding … Figure  2 shows that, after an initial General Fund appropriation of $50  million in 2021-22, the Legislature has provided one-time amounts for ERF each year since.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - In 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23, the state provided a total of $1.2  billion in one ‑time funding to support TK expansion. These  augmentations include: Facility Support ($590   Million). In 2021 ‑22, the state provided $490  million one ‑time non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund to construct or retrofit early education facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - The department has received the following funding for this IT project planning since  2021 ‑22: 2021 ‑22 Spending Plan. California ’s Home and Community ‑Based Services Spending Plan, using enhanced federal funding from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act, allocated $6  million in one ‑time federal funding to help modernize DDS ’s IT systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

Changes in California Student Aid Commission General Fund Spending [EdBudget]

Feb 26, 2025 - (The 2021‑22 Budget Act appropriated $500 million General Fund for the Golden State Teacher Grant program, with funds to be spent over five years. Those funds are expected to be almost fully exhausted by the end of 2024-25.) 
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/924

The 2025-26 Budget: Understanding Recent Increases in the Medi-Cal Senior Caseload

Mar 6, 2025 - Assets used in a business ✔ Assets being sold ✔ Assets were not counted if applicant showed they were making a “bona fide effort to sell. ” 2021 ‑22 Budget Package Phased Out Asset Test. The 2021 ‑22 budget package included trailer bill legislation that phased out the asset test for seniors and persons with disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010