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: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - Statute required the Department of Finance to estimate what percentage grant increase could be supported by a half-year cost of $291  million in 2021-22 (estimated to be about $580  million in 2022-23), a half-year cost of $150  million in 2022-23 (estimated to be about $300  million in 2023-24), and a half-year cost of $146  million in 2023-24 (estimated to be about $292  million in 2024-25).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - As seen in Figure  7 , the 2019 IHSS MOE reduced the base county costs in 2019 ‑20 to roughly $1.6  billion, decreasing IHSS county costs by roughly $300  million relative to 2018 ‑19. 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166