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

Mar 11, 2026 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5155

Overview of Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program Funding and Accountability [Publication Details]

Feb 18, 2026 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5123

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Figure 7
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

Overview of Major Impacts of H.R. 1 – One Big Beautiful Bill Act [Publication Details]

Aug 20, 2025 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5067

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This includes $8.2  million ($7  million General Fund) in efficiency reductions and $2.8  million General Fund in vacant position reductions. Please see the “New and Ongoing Efforts to Achieve Efficiencies” section of this post for more information on these budget-wide reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - As shown in Figure 1, the Governor ’s budget proposes $15.4  billion in total funds ($1  billion General Fund) for the CalFresh and CFAP programs in 2025-26, representing net increases of $163  million total funds (1 percent) and about $7  million General Fund (1  percent) compared to the revised 2024-25 budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Similarly, as shown in Figure  7 and described earlier, the state ’s poverty rate (among families with children) also increased year over year in 2020. Despite increased unemployment and poverty, CalWORKs caseload generally declined during and immediately following the COVID ‑19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - The Governor ’s budget provides a total of $94 million ($83  million General Fund, $7  million Title IV ‑E, and $4  million Proposition  64 funds) in 2023 ‑24 and 2024 ‑25 to support the Bridge program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - We estimate this grant increase would cost about $7  million in 2025-26 (with an annual cost of about $10  million). LAO Assessment Grant Increase Estimate Appears Reasonable. Our office independently forecasts CalWORKs grant increases triggered by growth in realignment revenue (a share of state sales tax and vehicle license fee revenues dedicated to counties).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - The primary drivers of this year-to-year General Fund cost increase include continued estimated growth in two of the three primary IHSS cost drivers —caseload (7  percent) and cost per hour (2.9  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009