The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 16, 2024 - The budget package, however, largely preserves funding for certain other programs receiving more modest reductions (such as Regional Early Action Planning grants and the Multifamil y Housing Program), which were identified by the Legislature as particularly high priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4936

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - This means that the Legislature has time to fully understand the proposal and its implications before taking action. Introduction For the In ‑Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, the Governor ’s 2026 ‑27 budget proposes approximately $12.5  billion General Fund, an increase of $1.1  billion (9.7  percent) from the Governor ’s revised 2025 ‑26 budget estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - Another advantage is that it allows CDLAC and TCAC to retain their authority as technical administrators of a highly complex funding mechanism (private activity bonds and tax credits), rather than attempt to transfer those responsibilities to an entity under the Governor (HDFC) with no such experience or expertise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Other State Actions DSS Reviewed and Approved Counties ’ Comprehensive Prevention Plans (CPPs). Counties opting in to receive state block grant dollars to help implement prevention services were required to create CPPs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

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

Mar 3, 2026 - We have been informed by the administration that this is due to a technical adjustment to the current year and we discuss this at a high level in this post. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5148

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - (While the state failed to meet some WPR requirements in years prior to 2012, penalties for these years were eliminated through successful corrective compliance actions by the state.) CalWORKs Caseload and Grants Projects Caseload to Grow in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services Human Services Immigration Related Budget Actions In this section, we discuss key budget actions that primarily impact Department of Social Services programs serving immigrant and refugee populations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/8

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

Mar 3, 2026 - We have been informed by the administration that this is due to a technical adjustment to the current year and we discuss this at a high level below. Background The SSI/SSP program provides cash grants to low-income aged, blind, and disabled individuals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation

Mar 5, 2026 - DSS is currently engaged with counties in an in ‑depth analysis of the root causes of the high CalFresh error rate. Preliminarily, income reporting appears to be a key focus. Avoiding Disenrollment of Eligible Individuals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - The Governor proposes immediate action to provide $2  billion in one-time grants to incentivize schools to offer in-person instruction for younger students and students with high needs, potentially as soon as February 16, 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309