The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2020 - The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details] Overview of the Governor 's Budget January 13, 2020 The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget Format: HTML Description: This report presents our office’s initial assessment of the Governor’s budget.
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The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - At the bottom of the figure, we display the total reserves planned for the end of 2020 ‑21 under the administration ’s estimates and assumptions. Under the Governor ’s proposed budget, the state would end 2020 ‑21 with $20. 5  b illion in total reserves.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - From 2018 through the first half of 2020, the trend was roughly flat around 500 deaths per quarter. These deaths jumped to 673 in the third quarter of 2020, then to 723 in the fourth quarter of 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - This increased to 16 hours in 2020-21, 24 hours in 2022-23, and 40 hours on July 1, 2024. The Governor ’s proposed budget includes roughly $89  million in 2024-25 and $122.3  million in 2025-26 for PSL.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - As described in previous posts , the 2020-21 to 2022-23 spending plans significantly overestimated CalWORKs caseload and caseload-related program costs (largely due to challenges in estimating caseload during the COVID-19 pandemic).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - Due to this policy change, and a decades-long effort to increase CalFresh en rollment, CalFresh caseload was at a then historic high prior to the COVID-19 public health crisis (about 2.2  million households in February 2020).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot

Feb 21, 2025 - The system, implemented in July 2021 (after a COVID-19-related delay in 2020-21), includes 26 performance measures outlined in Figure 2. A workgroup of CDSS and legislative staff, county representatives, the County Welfare Directors Association of California, CalWORKs recipients, and other relevant entities selected the performance measures to align with the programmatic goals of
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - These two fees were suspended in March  2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Budget-related legislation now eliminates both fee programs due to their administrative complexity and minor impact on revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/1

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24 Budget Acts each allowed the Department of Finance to replenish funds in the State Emergency Food Bank Reserve as needed and upon request from CDSS. The spending plan codifies the program in state law, requiring that CDSS administer the program, subject to appropriation, and providing the department with authority to distribute the funds
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The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - For example, in 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22, about $13  million General Fund of annual Bridge voucher funding went unspent. In 2022 ‑23, the amount of unspent Bridge voucher funding increased to about $40  million General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893