The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation

Mar 5, 2026 - Supporting County Administration Is a Key Fiscal Priority As front ‑line administrators of Medi ‑Cal and CalFresh, counties are critical to efforts to  implement H.R.  1. Minimizing Error Rates and Related Fiscal Penalties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services Human Services Immigration Related Budget Actions In this section, we discuss key budget actions that primarily impact Department of Social Services programs serving immigrant and refugee populations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/8

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - Also, HCD currently plays a key role in the review and implementation of AHSC, so it already has “in house ” knowledge of the program. Further, the intent is that this knowledge and program capacity will be transmitted to HDFC through the proposed position transfers from HCD  to HDFC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - We note that we are still working with the administration to better understand key aspects of the Governor ’s budget proposals for IHSS. As such, this brief includes our best understanding of the proposals as of March  16,  2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Key  characteristics of families in poverty in 2023  include: Disproportionately Female. About 64  percent of families in poverty (as compared to 50  percent of all California families) had female heads of household.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - Visibility is a key issue in transportation safety, especially in relation to walking and biking. For this reason, we further examine mode ‑specific mortality trends under various light conditions. The results appear in Figure  20 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - Key Questions for Oversight. Some key questions for the Legislature to consider in its oversight of CalWORKs —particularly throughout the state ’s participation in the federal pilot —include: What are the major outputs, outcomes, and impacts of discretionary funding in CalWORKs —especially for supplemental services and programs like HVP, the housing support program, mental health and substance abuse services, FS, and ESE —to date?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

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

Apr 29, 2025 - The absence of this information makes it very difficult for the Legislature to know whether a key feature of the new PDL process works well, and to understand how it will differ in practice from the current PAL process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

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

Feb 21, 2025 - In the next section, we describe some key questions the Legislature might consider in this oversight role. Key Questions In this section, we outline some key questions the Legislature could ask of the administration as it considers its role in pilot planning, implementation, and oversight.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - As counties have taken steps toward implementing their individual comprehensive prevention plans, some key challenges and opportunities for additional legislative guidance and input have come to light.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106