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

Mar 5, 2026 - To what extent are realignment funds used to support CalFresh administration today versus other county funds? How will increased county costs for CalFresh administration under H.R.  1 affect efforts to reduce payment error rates?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The underlying budget dynamics today are particularly challenging for three reasons. First, revenues have not caught up with expenditures. Second, under our estimates, expenditure growth exceeds estimated revenue growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - (That is, in our view, these costs would not have occurred absent legislative action and as a result do not contribute to the budget problem the Legislature faces today.) Comparison to LAO November Outlook.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 22, 2022 - To build on the rate re ‑evaluation process, CDT could evaluate whether the State Data Center model as operated today is the most cost ‑effective, efficient, and strategic model for providing IT  services to state entities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4552

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - This report describes some broader, high ‑level social and economic factors —beyond the child welfare system itself —that may contribute to why certain racial/ethnic groups are disproportionately represented in the child welfare system today.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

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

Mar 10, 2022 - Overall, however, a comprehensive understanding of the extent of care economy workforce shortages —both prior to the pandemic and today —is not available. Some Care Economy Workforce Does Not Reflect Demographics of California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - During the first year of FFPSA implementation, a county may elect to begin providing prevention services by providing written notice to DSS prior to fully completing its com prehensive prevention plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/3

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - Nationally, businesses and governments today are only able to fill about half of the needed technology job openings, whereas they could regularly fill most positions prior to the pandemic. At the same time, the state ’s unemployment rate has decreased from 8.4  percent to 4.3  percent (as of February 2023).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756