The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Since its inception in 2015, One California, also known as the Immigration Services Funding (ISF) program, has funded non-profit organizations to provide free services to immigrants under three broad categories: (1)  legal services, (2)  education and outreach, and (3)  legal training and technical assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/8

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

Mar 3, 2026 - Beginning in 2015-16, however, SSI/SSP caseload began to decline slowly at an average rate of 1.7  percent each year. 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

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

Mar 5, 2026 - This new methodology was to be implemented no sooner than 2015 ‑16. Although efforts began to develop a revised methodology, none has been implemented to date. This is largely due to other competing policy priorities —for example ACA implementation and COVID ‑19 response efforts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Census American Community Survey, from 2015 to 2024, the number of individuals in the state aged 65 and over has incr eased by 29  percent, while the overall population has increased by a little over 2  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Social Services Immigration and Equity Programs

Mar 15, 2024 - Background State Has Funded Some Level of Immigration Services at DSS Since 2015-16. Although the state has provided some level of funding for immigration services since 2015-16, ongoing General Fund support of $45 million has been provided since 2017-18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4885

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

Feb 13, 2025 - Beginning in 2015-16, however, SSI/SSP caseload began to decline slowly at an average rate of 1.8  percent each year. As shown in Figure  2, the Governor ’s budget projects that caseload will decrease by 1.3  percent in 2024-25 and 0.7  percent in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

The 2024-25 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 8, 2024 - Beginning in 2015-16, however, SSI/SSP caseload began to decline slowly at an average rate of 1.7  percent each year. As shown in Figure  2, the Governor ’s budget projects that caseload will decrease by 1.4  percent in 2023-24 and 1.5  percent in 2024-25, which is in line with past caseload trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4832

The 2023-24 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 24, 2023 - Beginning in 2015-16, however, SSI/SSP caseload began to slowly decline at an average rate of 1.5  percent each year. As shown in Figure  1, the Governor ’s budget projects that caseload will decrease by 1.5  percent in 2022-23 and 1.9  percent in 2023-24, which is in line with past caseload trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4707

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Enterprise System Modernization Effort

Feb 17, 2021 - To better align some Medi ‑Cal IT systems with MITA and benefit from the available enhanced federal funding, DHCS started a number of Medi ‑Cal IT system modernization initiatives, including CA ‑MMIS Modernization in 2010, the Comprehensive Behavioral Health Data System in 2015, and MEDS Modernization in 2016.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4375

The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs

Mar 4, 2024 - Beginning in October 2025, current caseload will instead be compared to 2015 caseload. The  CalWORKs caseload was larger in 2015 than in 2005 or in recent years. Therefore, California likely will receive a significant caseload reduction credit in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4872