The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Specifically, under the 2012 IHSS MOE, the state share of IHSS nonfederal costs increased from  65  percent in 2011 ‑12 ($1.7  billion) to roughly  76  percent in 2016 ‑17 ($3.5  billion). 2017 IHSS MOE.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

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

Mar 3, 2026 - Figure 2 SSP Grant Increases Since the Great Recession Fiscal Year $211.63 Governor ’s Budget Assumptions Governor ’s January Budget Assumes SSI/SSP Caseload Continues to Decline.  The SSI/SSP caseload grew at a rate of less than 1  percent each year between 2011-12 and 2014-15.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - Based on the state ’s most recently measured payment error rate of 11  percent, the state would have a 15  percent share of CalFresh benefit costs, resulting in about $2  billion in new annual costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Budget-related legislation in connection with this year ’s spending plan —Chapter  12 of 2025 (AB  143, Committee on Budget) —expands upon this by codifying legislative intent that the administration will provide a structure for implementation of Master Plan recommendations in March  2026, as well as annual reports on progress through 2036.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget provides $5  million in one-time General Fund for California Volunteers to offer grants to AmeriCorps programs to fund coaches at K-12 schools. This program has received limited-term funding in prior years, including $5  million in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - At least one study must demonstrate a sustained favorable effect of at least 12 months beyond the end of treatment on at least one target outcome. Supported At least one study carried out in a usual care or practice setting must achieve a rating of moderate or high on design and execution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare Full Implementation Underway CWS ‑CARES Nearly $2 billion provided over life of project, including $180 million in 2026 ‑27 included in Governor ’s budget. Statewide launch of version 1 planned for October 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - Such an approach, though, would work at cross ‑purposes with the state ’s policy goals of (1)  reducing the number of places and times a developer must apply and (2)  no longer potentially having scenarios in which a project is approved by one state entity but rejected by another.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

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

Mar 7, 2025 - The state ’s current payroll system —known as the Uniform State Payroll System (USPS) —is an amalgam of 12 different systems, all of which are aging and some of which were developed nearly 50 years ago.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

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

Jan 13, 2025 - In this report, we provide a brief summary of the Governor ’s budget based on our initial review as of January 12. In the coming weeks, we will analyze the plan in more detail and release many additional issue ‑specific budget analyses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951