The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - Of these, about 665,500 are estimated t o not meet the requirement, becoming at risk of losing food assistance. Any discontinuances would gradually occur over 12 months as affected recipients undergo annual recertification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The 2024-25 spending plan eliminated t wo similar fees for higher-income families with children served by regional centers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - In addition to rejecting this cap on overtime, as part of the final budget package, the Legislature adopted budget-related legislation that states t hat any hours worked that exceed 40 hours in a workweek will continue to be paid overtime rates even in the event that the federal government makes a future decision to no longer require overtime, or pay a share of the cost of overtime.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/4

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - If the PDL process were pilot-tested based on the first and second POC rounds, the Legislature would have time t o evaluate the new PDL process as it is refined by the administration based on actual experience with GenAI POCs and subsequent contracts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The notice includes details on work registration, information on the CalFresh time limit for some able-bodied adult recipients without dependents (ABAWD), and an overview of the CalFresh Employmen t and Training program in counties with this program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/3

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - It is our understanding that during the first year of the pilot (October 2024 to September 2025), participating states will work with ACF t o establish performance benchmarks and targets. It is our understanding that proposals related to the state ’s participation in the pilot are not included in the Governor ’s 2025-26 budget (according to the administration, this is both due to
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The 2023-24 budget package includes language to amend the requirement that a t ribal-state agreement be in place by May 1 of the previous fiscal year. This change allows tribes to begin receiving funding as soon as they submit an annual letter of interest.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/4

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The administration currently anticipates that, beginning in May 2024, EBT cards will be issued with chip and tap-to-pay technologies, which provide improved fraud protection over magnetic stripe t echnology.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/2

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Maximum grant amounts decrease from 90  p ercent of base year funding in 2020 t o 75  p ercent of base year funding in 2021. In addition, the federal government provided one ‑time grant funding in 2020 t o help all counties begin to implement FFPSA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4364

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s CalWORKs Proposals

Feb 3, 2021 - This runs contrary to both the Governor ’s budget (which assumes a fairly rapid rate of caseload growth from 2020 t hrough 202 2) a nd the historic relationship between caseload and economic data (which suggests caseload should increase following increased unemployment).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4341