The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

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

Mar 10, 2022 - Without this information, and without information on what additional number of care economy providers —by provider type —is necessary to fulfill statewide need, assessing what workforce gaps would be addressed by the proposed package and the extent to which particular workforce gaps would be filled is difficult.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Continuum Infrastructure Funding Proposal

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4379

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - (These savings are distinct from state operations budget solutions enacted as part of the 2024-25 Budget Act , which directed DOF to identify efficiencies to reduce state costs without diminishing service levels.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

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

Mar 3, 2022 - While the behavioral health bridge housing options funded by the proposal are intended to serve as a temporary housing option until longer ‑term housing options funded by other state investments come online, there likely would be some need to continue operating these bridge housing settings once state funding is exhausted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4569

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

Oct 24, 2025 - Changes for Adults Affects Adults, Particularly Those Without Children, in a Number of Ways. Another key area of focus for H.R.  1 is adults enrolled in Medicaid, especially those without children. From a fiscal perspective, childless adults are among the most expensive population for the federal government because of the relatively high federal share of cost (90  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2021-22 Budget: LAO Preliminary Comments on the Governor’s Major May Revision Behavioral Health Proposals

May 24, 2021 - Furthermore, given that grant funding under the initiative is proposed to be provided one time, we find that whether grant recipients would be able to sustain services (after grant funds are exhausted) without additional funding from the state is unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4439

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of CalAIM Financing Issues

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4374

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Community Care Demonstration Project

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4382

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

Jan 13, 2022 - The  Governor indicates the homelessness funding proposed in the 2022 ‑23 budget is intended to address near ‑term needs while previously funded long ‑term housing solutions come online. While this seems like a reasonable strategy, whether the short ‑term options proposed by the administration are most effective, especially in the context of what the state already has invested towards housing and homelessness infrastructure, is unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492