The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - The largest proposals include $500  million for Golden State teacher grants and a $500  million endowment for learning-aligned employment. Reserves and Debt $11  Billion in Constitutional Reserve and Debt Requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2021-22 Budget: Preliminary Comments on the Governor’s May Revision Proposal for Broadband Infrastructure

May 24, 2021 - Proposals currently under consideration by the federal administration and Congress would, if passed and signed, appropriate between $65  billion and $100  billion to fund broadband infrastructure projects and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4440

Estimating the CalWORKs Take-Up Rate

Feb 2, 2021 - Families may earn non-CalWORKs income of up to $500 a month without affecting their grant, but for each additional dollar they earn above $500 their grant is reduced by 50 cents. In 2019 ‑20. the maximum family grant for a family of three was $785.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4340

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - This workforce-related funding ($186.1  million of which is from the General Fund) is targeted at both RC service coordinators and direct support professionals, and includes: $127.8  million for $500 training stipends to direct support professionals (each of whom would be eligible for up to two such stipends). $22.5  million for a new training and internship
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/1

The 2023-24 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 2, 2023 - The state ’s HCBS spending plan includes two IHSS-related enhancements: (1)  provide a one-time $500 payment to IHSS providers who worked at least two months between March  2020 and March  2021 and (2)  create specialized training opportunities and fiscal bonuses for IHSS providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4729

The 2024-25 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 29, 2024 - The state ’s HCBS spending plan includes two IHSS-related enhancements: (1)  provide a one-time $500 payment to IHSS providers who worked at least two months between March  2020 and March  2021 and (2)  create specialized training opportunities and fiscal bonuses for IHSS providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4868

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure at May Revision

May 23, 2024 - As one of the few discretionary spending proposals in the Governor ’s January budget, the elimination of this additional funding frees up General Fund resources in 2024 ‑25 and 2025 ‑26 without reducing core state services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4906

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 16, 2024 - The 2024 ‑25 budget package includes certain other actions in other department budgets pertaining to housing and homelessness, as described in the Human Services write ‑up of the Spending Plan. b Because tax credits are not claimed until the housing units are complete, the General Fund impact of new program funding will not be observed for a few years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4936

The 2022-23 Budget: Update on Home- and Community- Based Services Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2022 - Provide one ‑time $500 payments to non ‑IHSS HCBS care providers that worked at least two months between March 2020 to March 2021. 13 Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Program. Expand the capacity of existing TBI sites and stand up new TBI sites. 5 HCBS Navigation Language Access and Cultural Competencies Orientations and Translations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - When enacted, the budget assumed annual General Fund savings of $500  million in 2025-26 that was expected to grow to roughly $2  billion General Fund by 2028-29 across three departments —California Departments of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), Health Care Services (DHCS), and Social Services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081