The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Early Start caseload experienced an average annual growth rate of about 6.5  percent from 2015 through 2025. Finally, the adult caseload is also affected by the trend that lifespans for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities have generally increased over time due to improved access to services and supports.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2025-26 Budget: Understanding Recent Increases in the Medi-Cal Senior Caseload

Mar 6, 2025 - We estimate that there were 6.5  million individuals age 65 and over as of January 1, 2025 in California. If  18.5  percent of these individuals were enrolled in Medi ‑Cal, we estimate that the senior caseload would have been 1.2  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - The 2023 ‑24 budget package reflects $6.5  billion in debt service on general obligation bonds, or 2.6  percent of General Fund revenues. These debt service costs are about as low as they have been in recent decades, and roughly half of debt service costs at their recent peak of about 6  percent in 2010 ‑11.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

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

Mar 10, 2022 - (For example , in 2020, the San Joaquin Valley had 6.5 psychiatrists per 100,000 population compared to 18.7 psychiatrists per 100,000 population in the San Francisco Bay Area.) University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) researchers also have projected —absent changes in the workforce pipeline —that the state will have half as many psychiatrists as needed by 2028.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - On the spending side, the Governor ’s budget includes $6.5  billion in discretionary SAL ‑related exclusions. The largest of these are: $1.3  billion in funding for the School Facilities Aid Program, $1.2  billion for various transportation projects, and $545  million for clean energy and building decarbonization.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492