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

Mar 5, 2026 - Recommendations Direct Administration and Counties to Report on Drivers of Payment Error Rates and Plans to Manage Them. We recommend that the Legislature direct both the administration and counties to report at budget hearings on the major drivers of payment error rates and steps currently underway and future efforts to manage them in both Medi ‑Cal and CalFresh.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System [Publication Details]

Mar 6, 2026 - Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5154

The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2026 - Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5149

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - (We discuss this tension in more detail in the next section of this report.) For instance, a mandated reporter may make a report to the child welfare hotline based on observing a child who appears malnourished —which may or may not ultimately meet the statutory definition of reportable neglect.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program [Publication Details]

Mar 3, 2026 - Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Additionally, DSS engaged with multiple stakeholders over several months to prepare and submit a statutorily required report to the Legislature in January 2026 analyzing the services needs of youth who will be eligible for the immediate needs component of the Tiered Rate Structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - For information on the Coordinated Care Initiative, please refer to our previous report title d: The 2013‑14 Budget: Coordinated Care Initiative Update . What Is Realignment? Realignments Typically Shift Responsibility, and Funding, From the State to the Counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Other counties report having spent nearly all their state block grant dollars already —well in advance of being able to use these one ‑time state resources as the required local match to receive federal reimbursement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program [Publication Details]

Jan 28, 2026 - This report discusses ongoing implementation of California’s Family First Prevention Services program since 2021-22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5106

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals

Mar 17, 2023 - The report could consider, for example, whether new standardized reports for these efforts and projects, both to CDT and the Legislature, are warranted. The report also could consider whether changes in CDT ’s PAL process are needed to consistently plan these efforts and projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746