The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This change is estimated to reduce state r evenues by $135  million in fiscal year 2025-26 and $85  million annually thereafter. Excludes Wildfire Settlements From State Income Taxation. The budget package provides a blanket exemption for settlements related to any wildfire occurring between tax years 2021 and 2029.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - According to the administration, the extension will help ensure CDSS and the entities administering the pilot programs have sufficient time to complete the pilots and the associated statutorily r equired evaluation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/2

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Are counties on track to achieve universal usage of CFTs in 2020 ‑ 21 o r 2021 ‑22? What is the status of CANS implementation? How many CANS assessments were completed in 2020? Are counties on track to achieve universal usage of CANS in 2020 ‑ 21 o r 2021 ‑22?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4364

The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - The California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot provides CalFresh recipients in pilot counties with a dolla r-for-dollar benefit match when they purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at select farmers ’ markets and grocery stores.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

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

Mar 7, 2025 - Some of these conditions attempt to align the forthcoming May Revision budget proposal (which we discuss later) with the project cost documents o r incorporate additional information that is only available once the primary vendor contract is awarded (such as updated project management and testing plans).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - Among other issues, this analysis was requested to include a fiscal analysis of the cost of making such a transition, including potential fund sources and potential impacts on the current r ealignment structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for Child Welfare

May 24, 2024 - Based on our understanding of stakeholder feedback and initial r eview of the updated TBL, it seems that the administration has made numerous amendments to the proposed language that are directly responsive to stakeholder feedback.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4909

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Enterprise System Modernization Effort

Feb 17, 2021 - (For a comprehensive description of the PAL process, please see our February 17, 2017 r eport — The 2017‑18 Budget: The New IT Project Approval and Funding Process .) Some of the IT projects within DHCS’s Medi‑Cal IT system modernization initiatives completed the PAL process and started development and implementation, including the Federal Draw and Reporting IT project within CA‑MMIS Modernization.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4375

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Given the significant time that was needed for the department to develop the initial program guidance and for counties to prepare their proposal submissions, 2023-24 statutory changes make amendments that r equire that the pilot programs be implemented for five years from the date grant recipients are selected (rather than five years from the date of the program ’s appropriation).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/4

The 2021-22 Budget: California State Payroll System IT Project

Feb 2, 2021 - This statewide effort is comparable to the change management required for the Financial Information System fo r California (FI$Cal) IT project, which led to the creation of a new entity (Department of FI$Cal) with ongoing operational and training responsibilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4339