The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation

Mar 5, 2026 - What role do state policy decisions about eligibility processes play in affecting the complexity of operations and increasing or reducing the error rate in each program? Are there changes in state policy the state could consider that would reduce errors?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - Also, HCD currently plays a key role in the review and implementation of AHSC, so it already has “in house ” knowledge of the program. Further, the intent is that this knowledge and program capacity will be transmitted to HDFC through the proposed position transfers from HCD  to HDFC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - This dynamic is at play in the 2026-27 Governor ’s Budget , which newly identifies $270  million in prior-year unspent TANF funds. Before accounting for other changes in spending levels, this unspent TANF funding results in a downward swing in General Fund dollars in CalWORKs in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Funding to Implement Legislation Around Safe Use of Outdoor Play Spaces. The spending plan includes around $150,000 General Fund ongoing to provide CCL with resources to implement statutory changes mandated by Chapter  916 of 2022 (AB  2827, Quirk-Silva).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/8

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s CalWORKs Proposals

Feb 3, 2021 - However, public health concerns may play some role in either or both of these trends. For example, a growing number of applications are now completed online rather than in county offices, where staff could be available to answer applicant questions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4341

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - Extreme speeding and other risky driving behaviors likely have played significant roles in the trend in motor vehicle deaths. These trends present major challenges for the Legislature to tackle through policies and programs related to drugs, alcohol, and traffic safety.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Changing demographics also played a role in the decreasing number and rate of households with children, as California’s population grew older and the state’s annual birth rate declined. Poverty in California People Living in Poverty Have Incomes Too Low to Afford Basic Needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - We also examine certain groups ’ disproportionate exposure to mandated reporters, as well as the role that implicit bias may play in reporting and decision ‑making. Front ‑End Policy Areas Impacting Child Welfare System Involvement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - While cyber insurance providers are not a formal part of the state ’s IS governance structure, it appears that, at least for some nonreporting entities, cyber insurance providers play a key role in their decisions to engage in certain IS compliance  activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - QIs play an important role in ensuring congregate care placements are necessary and meeting new federal reporting requirements. Who would be QIs? How would these individuals be selected? What would be the time line for selecting and training QIs?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4364