The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Chapter  4 of 2016 (S B  3 , Leno) has gradually increased California ’s statewide minimum wage from $8 per hour to $16 per hour. Under S B  3 , the statewide minimum wage will continue to increase by up to 3.5  percent each year, depending on inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2021-22 Budget: California Department of Public Health's COVID‑19 Response [Publication Details]

Feb 5, 2021 - This publication describes how coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spending is reflected in the California Department of Public Health’s budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4347

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - Oversight and Development of Budget Solutions In this section, we first provide an update on the package of Medi ‑Cal budget solutions enacted in the 2025 ‑26 budget and assess the status of those enacted solutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - The department also reverts $233  million General Fund from 2022-23 that was available until 2026-27 (the department is reappropriating $3.4  million for the Judicial Council to carry out training related to IST evaluations).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2022-23 Budget: Public Health Foundational Support

Feb 16, 2022 - The proposed plan does not specify whether CDPH will provide guidance, templates, or examples of what LHJs should include in their local plans. Each LHJ may have slightly different goals or planned activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4544

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - Brief Consists of Three Sections. First, we provide background on the Medi ‑Cal program, recently adopted state budget solutions, and recently enacted federal Medicaid policy changes. Next, we summarize the key drivers of our outlook.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - (These responsibilities are broad, but are laid out in Sections 101150 - 101165 of the Health and Safety Code and Sections 1075 - 1084, Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations .) This assessment also could look at potential regional capacity differences and the extent to which laboratories can handle novel disease testing or high volumes of testing during an outbreak.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - As discussed earlier in the CHHS Agency section of this post, the spending plan provides $25  million one-time General Fund in 2021 ‑22 to the OSG for a campaign focused on raising awareness of ACEs and toxic stress.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

The 2023-24 Budget: Health Workforce Budget Solutions

Feb 21, 2023 - Background In this section, we provide background on the state ’s health workforce, as well as the state ’s package of health workforce initiatives adopted in the 2022-23 budget. California ’s Health Workforce California Has Sizable Health Workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4691

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Feb 14, 2024 - Clinics 50 125 b Expand and convert existing supplemental payment program for non ‑hospital 340B providers into utilization and performance ‑based managed care directed payment. Totals $1,915 $4,623 a Excludes proposed MCO tax allocations for behavioral health services and health care workforce initiatives, as the administration has not released detail on these proposals. b Maximum amount estimated by Department of Health Care Services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4838