The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Funds Initiatives to Improve Coordination in Workforce Development. The 2025-26 budget includes funding for two initiatives, one in the LWDA and one in the Government Operations Agency (GovOps), to improve coordination between the state ’s workforce development and education agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - States May Face Financial Penalties for Failing to Meet WPR Requirements. Federal financial penalties for failing to meet the WPR requirements can start at 5 percent of a state’s annual TANF grant. Penalties can increase (up to a maximum penalty of 21 percent) each successive year a state fails to meet the requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot

Feb 21, 2025 - Generally, if an individual is ineligible for CalWORKs, other members of his or her family (including children) who themselves meet eligibility requirements can receive aid. Grants Based on Number of Eligible Family Members, Not Overall Family Size.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

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

Apr 29, 2025 - New PDL Process Could Improve Technology Project Outcomes … Based on our preliminary assessment of the new PDL process, we acknowledge that PDL —in concept —could improve the outcomes of GenAI (and potentially other) technology projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - Despite these enrollment declines, because of the way AEP and community colleges are funded, adult education providers have not seen reductions in their funding. As a result, AEP consortium members likely have significant capacity next year to serve more students without the Governor ’s proposed augmentation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Federal Fiscal Responsibility Act's Impacts on CalWORKs

Mar 5, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Federal Fiscal Responsibility Act's Impacts on CalWORKs 24 Failed a Due to the American Recovery and Investment Act of 2009, states could receive the caseload reduction credit from either 2007 or 2008 for WPR calculation from 2008 to 2011.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4877

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Security Proposals

Mar 23, 2023 - A lack of consistent and standardized reporting of IS deficiencies, findings, and risks also inhibits the ability of the Legislature to understand how IS investments lead to improved IS maturity of state entity progra ms.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4748

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - Some Nonreporting Entities Identified the Lack of Certification and Education Opportunities for Existing Staff to Improve Compliance. Some nonreporting entities were unaware of how to achieve compliance with state IS policies, procedures, and standards, and requested that CDT provide certification and education opportunities to help existing IS and IT  staff learn how to improve their compliance efforts and train others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756

Comparing CalWORKs Take-Up Rates Across Demographic Groups

Feb 14, 2023 - Many families contain members of different races, educational levels, and employment statuses. For example, a family containing both Black and white members cannot accurately be assigned by the survey to a single racial characteristic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4678

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - This improves the budget ’s bottom line. School and Community College Spending Higher by $5   Billion. Reflecting these higher revenue estimates, the administration ’s estimates of constitutionally required General Fund spending on K ‑14 education is $4.7  billion higher than our November estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951