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

Jan 13, 2025 - The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Under S B  3 , the statewide minimum wage will continue to increase by up to 3.5  percent each year, depending on inflation. In recent years, the cumulative cost of annual minimum wage increases under S B  3 have represented about 5  percent to 10  percent of General Fund spending on services purchased for DDS consumers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - Keeping these factors in mind, our outlook r eflects a decline in the private hospital fee, with annual revenue falling from nearly $10  billion to several billion dollars. Pursuant to state law, most of the decline in revenue will affect supplemental payments to private hospitals, with only a portion (around 25  percent) resulting in less money for existing Medi ‑Cal costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - In 2023 ‑24, we estimate these rebates comprised 3  percent of gross spending, up from as low as 1  percent in some years. This increase was expected following the switch to the Medi ‑Cal Rx system in 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

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

Oct 24, 2025 - The federal administration will allocate half of the $10  billion available per year equally among states. This means that each state will receive $100  million annually for five years (assuming that all states apply and receive approval).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 13, 2024 - Year 5 (2025 ‑26). Rate models will be fully funded beginning July 1, 2025 as follows: A service provider ’s base rate will equal 90  percent of its rate model, while up to 10  percent of its rate model will be available as incentive payments if the provider achieves its performance and outcomes targets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4837

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 29, 2022 - Recent Budget Included $10   Million General Fund for Employment ‑Related Grants. The  2021 ‑22 budget provided $10  million one ‑time General Fund to DDS to support grants to organizations developing innovative strategies to increase CIE among consumers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4577

The 2025-26 Budget: CalAIM Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports Implementation Update

Mar 6, 2025 - Figure 10 Top Reasons Providers Did Not Participate in ECM or Community Supports Reasons Given By Providers
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - The spending plan includes $10  million General Fund in 2021 ‑22 and $750,000 in 2022 ‑23 and ongoing to establish a statewide electronic registry for POLST. The POLST is a written medical order signed by a patient who is seriously ill and their doctor specifying the treatments the patient would like to receive; the POLST must be honored by other licensed medical personnel.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - As shown in Figure  5, the Governor proposes allocating nearly $10  billion of this total to pay down deferred payments from previous years, $5  billion (including $2.1  billion ongoing) for high-poverty schools and districts, nearly $1.4  billion for community colleges, and the remainder (roughly $6  billion) for other K-12 spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432