The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2026 - In this brief, we assess the Governor's proposed funding for county administration of Medi-Cal and CalFresh in response to H.R. 1 and provide related recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5149

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

Mar 5, 2026 - Addressing the structural budget problem will require difficult trade ‑offs. Backfilling lost federal benefits under H.R.  1 would require billions of dollars in additional budget solutions. …While Counties Face Multiple Cost Pressures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - To help guide ongoing FFPS program development, DSS formed the FFPS Advisory Committee, tasked with monitoring and advising on program implementation. The committee includes subcommittees focused on the community pathway, Title IV ‑E advisory, training and technical assistance, continuous quality improvement (CQI), and fiscal advisory.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - However, as part of the Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI), the county share of cost model —which required counties to pay a certain percent of nonfederal IHSS costs —was replaced with an IHSS   MOE —which required county costs to reflect a set amount of nonfederal IHSS costs (which would be adjusted annually by a growth factor and a portion of locally negotiated wage increases).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

Overview of Individuals Impacted by H.R. 1 Work Requirement Policies in Medi-Cal and CalFresh [Publication Details]

Mar 11, 2026 - Overview of Individuals Impacted by H.R. 1 Work Requirement Policies in Medi-Cal and CalFresh [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5155

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

Mar 3, 2026 - Federal Government Required to Provide Annual Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) to SSI Grants … The federal government is required to provide an annual COLA each January to the SSI portion of the grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - Of these, CDSS estimates approximately 845,000 individuals that will become subject to the work requirement beginning June 2026 and not qualify for an exemption. Of these, about 665,500 are estimated t o not meet the requirement, becoming at risk of losing food assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - The state also counts significant state expenditures outside of CalWORKs toward meeting its MOE requirement. Figure  4 accounts for the proposed use of California ’s $3.7  billion in TANF funds in 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Under CCR, foster care rates must be based on the assessed level of need of individual youth ( “level of care, ” or LOC), with youth requiring higher levels of behavioral health supports and other more therapeutic and intensive services receiving higher rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

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

Mar 6, 2026 - We concur with the administration ’s point that no longer requiring applications to include both affordable housing and transportation components would provide more flexibility to developers to address local needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154