The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This change is estimated to reduce state r evenues by $135  million in fiscal year 2025-26 and $85  million annually thereafter. Excludes Wildfire Settlements From State Income Taxation. The budget package provides a blanket exemption for settlements related to any wildfire occurring between tax years 2021 and 2029.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - With these reductions, the spending plan provides about $85  million for HVP in 2024-25. Modifies Early Action Single Allocation Reversion. The early action package included a partial reversion of $336.6  million in unspent single allocation funds from the 2022-23 Budget Act .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/2

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - Although the survey response rate dipped a bit in 2021 (to 74  percent), the response rates in 2020 and 2022 were very similar to 2019 (all 85 to 86  percent). Consequently, we think that changes in survey nonresponse likely are not driving the overall pattern shown in  Figure  12.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

The 2023-24 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 2, 2023 - The department has received requests for approval of 85 training incentive payments (none have been approved to date). Key Issues for Legislative Consideration. We understand that the administration is currently in the process of introducing more training opportunities and expects all funds from the HCBS spending plan for the IHSS Career Pathways program (nearly $300  million) to be expended by a December 2023 deadline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4729

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - Nationally, researchers estimate around 85  percent of families involved with the child welfare system have incomes below 200  percent of the federal poverty level, which is around $5,000 per month for a family of four in 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

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

May 17, 2021 - Major Spending Choices Figure  2 displays the major budgetary decisions that the Governor made in allocating state and federal money, totaling $85  billion. It includes (1)  the General Fund surplus, (2)  school and community college spending, (3)  the American Rescue Plan (ARP) fiscal relief funds, and (4)  ARP capital projects funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals and Program Implementation Updates

Feb 22, 2022 - One ‑time funding to counties ‑85 One ‑time support in 2021 ‑22. COVID ‑19 pandemic assistance for resource families ‑80 ‑80 One ‑time funding in 2021 ‑22 to provide lump ‑sum payments to resource families in response to pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4558