The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs [Publication Details]

Feb 18, 2026 - In this post, we assess the Governor's proposed budget for food assistance programs, including CalFresh.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5126

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - In this post, we assess the Governor's proposed budget for food assistance programs, including CalFresh.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - Permanently Authorizes the Emergency Food Bank Reserve Program. The Emergency Food Bank Reserve Program, created in the 2 020-21 Budget Act , provides food banks with food and funding to help prevent hunger during natural or human-made disasters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Temporarily Augments State Support for Food Banks. The spending plan provides a total of $112  million General Fund in 2022-23 (and $52  million in 2023-24) to augment the CalFood program, which provides funding to a network of food banks throughout the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/3

The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - The Emergency Food for Families and CalFood Programs provide food commodities and funding for food banks to support Californians during emergencies. Budget Overview and Assessment Total CalFresh and CFAP Funding Increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Provides Augmented Funding for Food Banks. Figure  3 summarizes the major augmentations for food banks included in the spending plan. These augmentations total to about $300  million one-time General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/2

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Provides Support for Food Banks. The spending plan includes $60  million General Fund ($52  million one time) in 2023-24 for the CalFood Program. The CalFood program provides funding to a network of food banks statewide to purchase, store, and transport food grown or produced in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/3

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - The Emergency Food for Families and CalFood Programs provide food commodities and funding for food banks to support C alifornians during emergencies. Disaster CalFresh provides short-term food benefits and supplements to certain natural disaster victims.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget package removes both (1)  savings and loans, and (2)  banking or financial business from the list of QBA from tax year 2025 onwards. The administration estimates this change will increase revenues by $330  million in fiscal year 2025-26, decreasing slightly to $270  million by 2028-29.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

Estimating the CalWORKs Take-Up Rate

Feb 2, 2021 - Families also generally are deemed ineligible if they own more than $10,000 in property (other than their primary residence), have $10,000 in their bank accounts, or if they own more than $25,000 in automobiles (in practice, few families are denied aid because of these asset limits).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4340