The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The Governor proposes a $4.5  billion SFEU balance for the end of 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Office of Emergency Services The budget provides $4.5  billion for the Governor ’s Office of Emergency Services (OES), primarily from federal funds and the General Fund. This amount represents a decrease of $4.2  billion (48  percent) from the revised 2024-25 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2022-23 Budget: California Food Assistance Program

Feb 11, 2022 - Background CalFresh Provides Federally Funded Nutrition Assistance to 4.5   Million Californians. CalFresh  is California ’s version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides monthly food assistance to qualifying low ‑income households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4532

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Caseload growth then hovered between 4.5  percent and 8  percent for the next six years. However, following the passage of several service reductions, eligibility changes, and anti ‑fraud initiatives, the IHSS caseload actually declined year over year by 0.2  percent in 2009 ‑10 and declined again by 0.02  percent in 2011 ‑12.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Mar 20, 2023 - Figure  4 and Figure  5 provide the allocations by county, divided by rural or urban county designations. Figure 4 CASF FFA Allocations for Rural Counties (In Millions) CASF FFA = California Advanced Services Fund Federal Funding Account Figure 5 CASF FFA Allocations for Urban Counties (In Millions) a Difference from $1 billion total allocation due to rounding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4747

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - The 2021-22 budget included $5  million General Fund to create a permanent IHSS backup provider system on January 1, 2022, contingent on a policy framework being adopted in statute. However, a policy framework for the permanent backup provider system was not adopted within the 2021-22 budget period, resulting in the initial $5  million allocation going unspent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - . $4.5  Million for the Continuation of Older Adult Warmline. This funding will allow for a three-year continuation of existing phone line that older adults can call to receive support. $4.7  Million for State Oversight and Support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/6

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - As shown in Figure  5, the CalWORKs caseload has steadily grown from early in 2021-22, coinciding with the expiration of enhanced federal Unemployment Insurance benefits following the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - As shown in Figure  5, from 2013-14 through 2020-21, the maximum combined SSI/SSP monthly grant amount for individuals (the bulk of the SSI/SSP caseload) and couples had increased on average by 1.2  percent annually —predominantly due to the provision of federal SSI COLAs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The spending plan also approves $5  million one-time General Fund in 2024-25 for new GI pilot programs prioritizing aging Californians. CDSS will use the $5  million to provide grants to entities serving lower-income Californians 60 years of age or older.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/2