The 2024-25 Budget: IS and IT Project Proposal Tables

Feb 9, 2024 - IT = information technology; CDT = California Department of Technology; TF = total funds; GF = General Fund; OF = other funds; EDD  =  Employment  Development Department; CalSTRS = State Teachers ’ Retirement System; PSP = Pension Solution Project; N/A = not applicable; CalHHS  =  California Health and Human Services Agency; DSS = Department of Social Services;
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4836

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project [Publication Details]

Mar 7, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - These aging systems make it difficult for the state to, for example, change how state employee payroll is calculated and disbursed based on updates to federal and state law. For over two decades, SCO —which is responsible for issuing pay to the state workforce —has led state efforts to plan, develop, and implement a new state payroll system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - States’ TANF grant amounts (which generally do not change from year to year) are largely based on how much federal AFDC funding each state received before TANF replaced the AFDC program in 1996 (AFDC funding was formula‑based and largely driven by caseload and state economic conditions).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - The state ’s current IT project approval process, PAL, helps state entities plan dozens of IT projects each year. State entities then collectively request hundreds of millions of dollars each year through the annual budget process to plan, develop, and implement these projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

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

Jan 13, 2022 - The Legislature could use the funding it frees up from funding fewer proposals to address district cost pressures (such as rising pension costs), or it could set this funding aside in the Proposition  98 Reserve for future allocation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes [Publication Details]

Apr 29, 2025 - Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5034

CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts presents a wide range of facts and trends about the state's economy, finances, and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot

Feb 21, 2025 - We understand participating states could be removed from the pilot for failing to meet the benchmarks identified in year one. Removed states would again be subject to the same WPR requirements and potential penalties as non-pilot states going forward .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2025 - In March 2025, the federal government notified the five previously selected pilot states—California, Maine, Kentucky, Minnesota, and Ohio—that these states were deselected from the pilot project. The federal Administration for Children and Families (ACF) indicated it plans to take a new approach to the pilot program and will issue a new request for proposals from states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4978