The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Under S B  3 , the statewide minimum wage will continue to increase by up to 3.5  percent each year, depending on inflation. In recent years, the cumulative cost of annual minimum wage increases under S B  3 have represented about 5  percent to 10  percent of General Fund spending on services purchased for DDS consumers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - The Governor ’s budget proposal includes $13.6  billion total funds in 2023 ‑24, up $1.6  billion (13  percent) over the revised 2022 ‑23 level ($12.1  billion). Of the proposed 2023 ‑24 total, $8.2  billion is from the General Fund, up $1.4  billion (21  percent) over the revised 2022 ‑23 level ($6.7  billion General Fund).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Medi-Cal Telehealth Proposal

May 13, 2021 - With over 1,400 locations in California and having served roughly 4 million Medi‑Cal beneficiaries in 2019, health centers make up a significant portion of Medi‑Cal’s primary care provider network. Under federal law, health centers are entitled to a unique Medicaid reimbursement methodology known as the prospective payment system (PPS).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4430

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 29, 2022 - For example, in 2020 ‑21, all but one RC spent more (on average, 23  percent more) on white consumers living with their parents than on Latinos consumers living with their parents. Every RC spent more (on average, 61  percent more) on independent or supported living services for white consumers living on their own relative to Latino consumers in similar situations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4577

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services

Nov 9, 2021 - Moreover, some individuals and families uncomfortable with signing up for Medi ‑Cal may not be able to afford what would have been the federal portion of the cost of the RC ‑coordinated services. Consequently, this approach could be more punitive in nature than the three alternative approaches discussed below, given that a family would have to pay for or forgo services if they did not want to enroll the consumer in Medi ‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4471

The 2025-26 Budget: CalAIM Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports Implementation Update

Mar 6, 2025 - As discussed above, DHCS had estimated that between 3  percent and 5  percent of Medi ‑Cal MCP members were eligible for the ECM benefit. While the ECM benefit is intentionally targeted at a small subset of the overall Medi ‑Cal population, the take up appears to be between about one ‑third and one ‑quarter of those eligible for services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, low ‑income households have less money to purchase and operate air conditioning units during extreme heat events, air filters to moderate wildfire smoke, or back ‑up electricity generators to provide electricity during Public Safety Power Shutoff events.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Feb 10, 2022 - Expand the capacity of existing TBI sites and stand up new TBI sites. 5 HCBS Navigation Language Access and Cultural Competencies Orientations and Translations. Provide funds to translate Department of Developmental Services (DDS) documents, coordinate and streamline interpretation and translation services, and ensure culturally appropriate translations. $46 CalBridge Behavioral Health Pilot Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services—An Interim Update

Apr 19, 2021 - This could occur because those uncomfortable with signing up for Medi-Cal may not have the ability to pay what would have been the federal portion of the cost of the RC-coordinated services. This approach would be more punitive in nature than the three alternative approaches discussed below, given that a family would have to pay for or forgo services if they did not want to enroll the consumer in Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4415

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - Bonds are a way that the state (as well as local governments and private companies) borrows money. The state sells bonds to investors to receive “up-front ” funding for projects and then repays investors, with interest, over a period of time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790