The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - As   Figure  2 shows, we estimate (based on historical federal data) that Medi ‑Cal pharmacy spending in 2023 ‑24 was nearly double the level in 2018 ‑19. Pharmacy spending continued growing even after the roll out of Medi ‑Cal Rx in 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Similarly, rural communities that are at greater risk of experiencing water shortages due to droughts tend to be home to large proportions of households with residents of color and who earn lower incomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: Equity Considerations

Mar 12, 2021 - In addition, persons of color are disproportionately represented among seniors in the Medi ‑Cal program compared to seniors living in the state as a whole. Many CalAIM reforms could improve care for Medi ‑Cal ’s senior population, which, in turn, could disproportionately benefit the state ’s seniors of color.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4402

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - As Figure  3 shows, spending on services purchased for consumers has more than doubled across all service types. Importantly, the increased cost for services also reflects a combination of the increases in caseload and utilization over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2021-22 Budget: Assessment of CalHEERS Dashboard

Mar 25, 2021 - Additional functionalities and defect fixes are identified and prioritized by Covered California, DHCS, and the California Health and Human Services Agency ’s Office of Systems Integration, in consultation with other stakeholders including the County Welfare Directors Association (CWDA) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4408

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: New Directions for Services for Seniors and Persons With Disabilities

Mar 15, 2021 - Another driver of growth in the senior population with disabilities is the increasing racial diversity of the senior population, as seniors of color make up a disproportionate share of seniors with disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4404

The 2024-25 Budget: Future of Public Health Budget Solution

May 21, 2024 - This increase was greatest among Latino and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander populations, whose death rates more than doubled between 2019 and 2022. American Indian/Alaskan Native populations had the highest death rate due to drug overdoses prior to the pandemic and this has persisted with the recent rise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4904

The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Major Behavioral Health Proposals

Feb 16, 2023 - Some of these include incentives to encourage collaboration between health and child welfare agencies and activity stipends for children in the child welfare system. Support Practice Transformation. The  administration proposes using federal funds to establish statewide Centers of Excellence that will provide training and technical assistance to counties and providers on improving the continuum of care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4689

COVID-19: American Rescue Plan’s Major Health-Related Funding Provisions

May 6, 2021 - While the federal government has announced other efforts to expand and support testing activities with ARP Act funding, such as providing $2.25  billion nationwide to address COVID-19-related health inequities among communities of color and among people living in rural areas, further CDC allocations from the ARP Act to states for testing, contact tracing, mitigation, and laboratory capacity await future announcement from CDC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4425

Considering Medi-Cal in the Midst of a Changing Fiscal and Policy Landscape

Oct 24, 2025 - Available evidence suggests that work requirements in welfare programs fail to increase employment among beneficiaries while disenrolling some who already participate in the labor market. Also, while disenrollments will result in some state savings, these savings will be fairly limited.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083