The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - However, as a budget solution, the 2024-25 spending plan de layed the expansion implementation by two years. Automation for the expansion is now expected to begin in 2026-27, with benefit distribution to begin in 2027-28 (for newly eligible recipients).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This amount includes $10  million for Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup security costs, $10  million for Family Justice Centers, and $8  million to the City of Los Angeles for fire engine purchases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - After completing initial required job search activities, WTW participants (who had not gained employment via job search) generally participated in a skills and education assessment and worked with county staff to develop a WTW plan (during which they identified longer term WTW activities to participate in, such as education or training, communit y service, and subsidized employment).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for CalWORKs

May 29, 2024 - De spite this projected decrease, our office projects total costs associated with Medi-Cal caseload to increase year over year and notes that Medi-Cal caseload remains significantly higher than pre-pandemic levels.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4911

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Similarly, a number of counties offer “promotoras y promotores ” programs, which offer  a similar model specifically tailored for Hispanic/Latino/Spanish ‑speaking communities. These  program models are not currently included in the federal clearinghouse.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

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

Mar 10, 2022 - However, as discussed earlier, how several augmentations within the proposed package would fit within the structure of existing workforce de velopment programs is unclear. Accordingly, new workforce development programs may need to be created to administer some of the funding in this proposed package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure at May Revision

May 23, 2024 - Finally, we recommend the Legislature consider ways to mitigate negative impacts of these changes on unserved and underserved communities and households, especially in historicall y disadvantaged areas of the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4906

The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Mar 20, 2023 - The BEAD program received $42.45  billion of the $65  billion total, nearly all of which is to provide states, territories, and other jurisdictions with allocations for broadband adoption and deployment projects (primarily last ‑mile projects).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4747

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The budget package also includes language around improving legislative oversight of the project by establishing project objectives, defining project completion and success, and requiring annual demonstrations and monthl y meetings with the Legislature to monitor progress.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/4