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

Mar 6, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: CalAIM Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports Implementation Update Housing ‑Related Services ( “Housing Trio ”) Housing transition navigation services Assistance with obtaining housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Major Behavioral Health Proposals

Mar 3, 2022 - Bridge housing —often known as transitional housing —is housing intended to transition individuals immediately out of homelessness into a stable living environment in advance of further placement into permanent housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4569

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

Oct 24, 2025 - Proposition  35 allows the Legislature to amend its provisions with a three ‑fourths vote in each house, so long as the amendment furthers the measure ’s intent and purpose. Thus, the Legislature potentially could amend the measure ’s limit on taxing commercial enrollment, enabling the state to have a large and proportionate tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

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

Aug 17, 2023 - The Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2018. The Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2018 (Proposition  1) authorized $4  billion in general obligation bonds for various housing programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Restructuring of the MHSA Funding Categories and Impacts on County Spending

Jul 13, 2023 - In addition, under the Governor ’s proposal, 30  percent of MHSA county funding would be used on housing intervention programs for the provision of housing or infrastructure funding to create new housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4782

Building California’s Behavioral Health Infrastructure: Progress Update and Opportunities for the Proposition 1 Bond

Feb 5, 2025 - Behavioral Health Bridge Housing. From 2022 ‑23 through 2025 ‑26, this program provides $1.1  billion in funding to counties and tribes to develop transitional housing with services for individuals experiencing homelessness who also have behavioral health conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

Mental Health Services Act: Impact of Governor's Proposal on Funding for Children and Youth

Aug 10, 2023 - Proposal ’s Focus on Housing Interventions Unlikely to Meaningfully Increase Spending on Children and Youth Services. While we estimate counties will need to increase spending on housing interventions relative to 2021-22 levels, whether additional spending would or could be targeted for children and youth is unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4786

Mental Health Services Act: LAO Update: The Governor's Revised Behavioral Health Modernization Proposal

Aug 21, 2023 - In particular, counties may choose to shift a portion of their funding from FSPs and housing interventions to the BHSS category, which is the category we estimate likely would see substantial reductions in spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4792

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - Behavioral Health Behavioral Health Bridge Housing (BHBH) Program Supports Immediate Housing and Treatment Needs of People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness With Serious Behavioral Health Conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642

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

Feb 16, 2023 - The funding is intended to provide immediate bridge housing options for this population until the longer‑term housing and behavioral health facilities funded in BH‑CIP and recent housing augmentations come online.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4689