The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - In the June 2024 budget package, General Fund savings associated with the delay totaled $31 million in 2024-25 and $115 million in 2025-26. As of January 2025, we understand the administration has revised the projected savings associated with the delay to $0 in 2024-25 and about $104 million General Fund in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Chapter 115 (SB 162, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) appropriated from the General Fund an unspecified amount to county elections officials and the Secretary of State for the “actual and reasonably necessary costs, as determined by the Director of Finance,” to conduct the election.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2022-23 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 2, 2022 - Specifically,  if the state provided consistent annual COLAs beginning in 2008 ‑09, we estimate that maximum SSI/SSP grants would be roughly $115 to $275 higher for individuals and roughly $250 to $500 higher for couples relative to projected 2023 ‑24 grant levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4514

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

Feb 22, 2022 - According to an initial assessment of STRTPs ’ total pandemic losses, facilities are requesting around $115 million —nearly three times more than total funding available. Pandemic assistance payments for resource families, emergency caregivers, tribally approved homes, and guardians — 80.0 — As of January 31, 2022, funding had not yet been issued to caregivers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4558

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - During the first year of FFPSA implementation, a county may elect to begin providing prevention services by providing written notice to DSS prior to fully completing its com prehensive prevention plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/3