The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - However, as seen in Figure  5 , when we consider IHSS hourly wages separately, we see that the average growth rate of hourly wages has been 5.6  percent annually since  2014. This growth in IHSS hourly wages is in part due to increases to the state minimum wage —from $8  per hour on January 1, 2014 to $16.90 per hour on January  1,  2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Bonus Pay for Bilingual Service Provider Staff. The spending plan provides $2.2  million General Fund in 2021 ‑22, $4.3  million General Fund in 2022 ‑23, and $6.5  million General Fund in 2023 ‑24 and ongoing to support wage bonuses for DSPs who are bilingual —including in American Sign Language —and can support the estimated 90,000 consumers who speak a primary language other than English.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/1

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - Over the next eight years, growth rates fluctuated between 3  percent and 8  percent, until reaching a peak growth rate of 10.2  percent and 10.4  percent in 2001-02 and 2002-03, respectively. Caseload growth then hovered between 4.5  percent and 8  percent for the next six years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This amount includes $10  million for Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup security costs, $10  million for Family Justice Centers, and $8  million to the City of Los Angeles for fire engine purchases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

May 17, 2021 - As shown in Figure  5, the Governor proposes allocating nearly $10  billion of this total to pay down deferred payments from previous years, $5  billion (including $2.1  billion ongoing) for high-poverty schools and districts, nearly $1.4  billion for community colleges, and the remainder (roughly $6  billion) for other K-12 spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - The administration estimates that this permanent change will result in an additional $16 million of federal tax offsets going to families per year and the state revenues decreasing by $8 million per year (with the federal government experiencing the remaining $8 million in foregone annual welfare recoupment dollars).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/5

Estimating the CalWORKs Take-Up Rate

Feb 2, 2021 - More recently, the state allocated $2  million in 2016 ‑17 and 2017 ‑18 to improve awareness and take-up of the California Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which provides money to low-income workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4340

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s CalWORKs Proposals

Feb 3, 2021 - This had the effect of reducing the exit rate from about 6  p ercent to 8  p ercent of all cases to about 2. 5  p ercent for those three months. Second, the order (along with extensions from subsequent executive orders) prevented any month of CalWORKs participation during the COVID ‑ 19 e mergency from counting against an adult ’s 48 ‑month lifetime limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4341

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - (As of this writing, whether these savings will be achieved is unclear as the administration ’s recently signed contract with a consultant does not appear to include DSS.) Proposed Solutions Not Adopted in Spending Plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/4

The 2024-25 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 29, 2024 - 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/4868