The 2021-22 Budget: Preliminary Comments on the Governor’s May Revision Proposal for Broadband Infrastructure

May 24, 2021 - A middle-mile broadband network often consists of high-capacity fiber-optic cables laid over tens or hundreds of miles that, if connected to by an internet service provider, helps deliver high-speed internet service.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4440

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

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

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Additionally, all counties are in the process of updating their wraparound services to align with new, higher ‑level statewide standards —referred to as “high fidelity wraparound. ” High fidelity wraparound is a “promising ” practice in the federal Title IV ‑E Prevention Services Clearinghouse.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

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 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Recent Caseload Growth Has Matched Historic Highs. As seen in Figure  3 , IHSS caseload has grown significantly since 2013. Despite slower caseload growth between 2016 ‑17 and 2020 ‑21 (the caseload continued to grow during this period, just at a slower than usual rate).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - About one ‑quarter of heads of household in poverty had not completed high school, compared to about 11  percent of all heads of household who had not completed high school. About one ‑third of heads of household in poverty had completed education beyond high school, as compared to about 60  percent of all heads of household.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - As shown in Figure  2, current maximum grant amounts for all assistance unit (AU) sizes in high-cost counties are equivalent to between 43  percent and 47  percent of the federal poverty level for a family one person larger than the AU size, and are equivalent to slightly lower levels for families in lower-cost counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - Though information about a number of EO deliverables, including high-level overviews of GenAI POCs, have been shared with the Legislature, detailed information about the outcomes of the first round POCs has not been shared.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034