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

Mar 3, 2026 - The federal COLA is based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). In years that the CPI-W is negative (as was the case in 2010, 2011, and 2016), the federal government does not decrease SSI grants, but instead holds them flat.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2022-23 Budget: California’s Fiscal Outlook

Nov 17, 2021 - (Figure 3 does not display an estimate for total reserves in 2022 ‑23 because this level largely will be determined by discretionary choices made by the Legislature. Total reserves include the Safety Net Reserve and the enacted balance of the SFEU.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4472

The 2025-26 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 13, 2025 - The federal COLA is based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). In years that the CPI-W is negative (as was the case in 2010, 2011, and 2016), the federal government does not decrease SSI grants, but instead holds them flat.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

Updating the California Necessities Index

Aug 14, 2025 - Further, the difference between the CNI and the CA CPI ‑U and CA CPI ‑W is often large. Figure  2 shows differences between the proposed measures in each year since 1978. In about half of years, the CNI differed from the CA CPI ‑U and the CA CPI ‑W by at least 1  percentage point.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5065

The 2024-25 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 8, 2024 - The federal COLA is based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). In years that the CPI-W is negative (as was the case in 2010, 2011, and 2016), the federal government does not decrease SSI grants, but instead holds them flat.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4832

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

Feb 24, 2023 - Specifically, ABC will increase its licensing fees by 7.5  percent, effective on January 1, 2024, which is reflective of the CPI growth between August 2021 and August 2022. Governor ’s Proposal Increases Funding for New Positions to Support ABC Programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4705

The 2023-24 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 24, 2023 - The federal COLA increase is based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). In years that the CPI-W is negative (as was the case in 2010, 2011, and 2016), the federal government does not decrease SSI gran ts, but instead holds them flat.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4707

How Does the October Inflation Report Change Our Outlook? [EconTax Blog]

Nov 16, 2022 - The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased at an annual rate of 5.3 percent in October, compared to 7.7 percent over the last year. Similarly, “core” inflation (CPI-U excluding food and energy prices) increased at an annual rate of 3.3 percent in October, compared to 6.3 percent over the last year.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/760

Inflation Tracker [EconTax Blog]

Dec 20, 2022 - The lapse in appropriations for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) during October and November 2025 led to significant gaps in the data used for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for those months. As a result, the BLS did not publish the CPI in October nationally or for California while the November index is based on less data than usual.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/766

Inflation Tracker [EconTax Blog]

Dec 20, 2022 - The lapse in appropriations for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) during October and November 2025 led to significant gaps in the data used for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for those months. As a result, the BLS did not publish the CPI in October nationally or for California while the November index is based on less data than usual.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/766