The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - Aside from the ongoing reductions to the IST waitlist solutions funding, the spending plan also reduces funding for other IST-related programs by $119  million in 2025-26, $118  million in 2026-27, and $51  million in 2027-28 and ongoing due to updated time lines, primarily for new community-based treatment infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - Since the passage of the 2022-23 budget, there have been 58 graduates of this program. In the Governor ’s proposed May Revision, approximately $3.4  million for these programs is proposed for reversion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - Reflecting this change, health-related trailer bill legislation (Chapter  42 of 2023 [AB  118, Committee on Budget]) expands the Whole Child Model to 12 of these counties, with the change scheduled to begin January 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4810

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - In 2025-26, the spending plan reduces General Fund for BHBH by $118  million and shifts $90  million of General Fund for BHBH to the MHSF. After these reductions, remaining funding for BHBH totals $1.3  billion ($1.2  million General Fund and $90  million MHSF).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

Building California’s Behavioral Health Infrastructure: Progress Update and Opportunities for the Proposition 1 Bond

Feb 5, 2025 - (This amount reflects a $118  million total funds reduction proposed in the Governor ’s 2025 ‑26 budget.) Opioid Settlements Fund. As a result of recent national opioid settlement agreements, the state has been receiving funding that can be used for statewide opioid remediation activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2023-24 Budget: Whole Child Model Expansion

May 5, 2023 - Figure 1 More Counties Will Have Medi ‑Cal Managed Care Model With Only One Public Health Plan Number of California Counties in Each Model Counties With … Models With One Public Health Plan COHS model Models with private plans only b 22 58 — a In January 2024, two counties will switch from other models to a Two ‑Plan model, offset by two counties switching from a Two ‑Plan to a Single ‑Plan model. b Consists of the Regional, Geographic, San Benito, and Imperial models.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4767

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Health Care Access and Information

Feb 27, 2024 - Figure 2 Overall Spending Varies Year to Year HCAI Funding (In Millions) -58% HCAI = Department of Health Care Access and Information. In Current Year, Deferred One-Time Funds Drive Down General Fund Spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: Equity Considerations

Mar 12, 2021 - First, by requiring managed care plans to establish population health management programs and provide ECM on a statewide basis, CalAIM would expand certain service components of Whole Person Care and Health Homes to all 58 c ounties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4402

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A  2018   report  by the State Coastal Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy found that 55 percent of California’s existing coastal habitats are highly vulnerable to five feet of sea‑level rise, including 60 percent of the state’s iconic beaches and 58 percent of its marshes. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 16, 2021 - The Governor ’s budget estimates Medi ‑Cal spending to be $22. 5  b illion General Fund ($ 118  b illion total funds) in 2020 ‑21. This reflects an approximately $1. 2  b illion ( 5  p ercent) downward adjustment relative to what was assumed in the 2020 ‑21 Budget Act .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373