^[PDF] The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

The 2021-22 budget agreement intended to add 206,800 child care slots over a multiyear period. This expansion built upon the approximately 100,000 non-CalWORKs slots the state already funded. The bulk of the expansion was planned through two programs—CAPP (143,000 slots) and General Child Care (62,000 slots).
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2025/5024/Child-Care-and-State-Preschool-032825.pdf

^[PDF] Overview of California’s Child Care and Development System

.  About one-quarter of slots were eliminated (approximately 110,000 slots across all programs).  In Addition to Eliminating Slots, the State Implemented Certain Policies to Achieve Budgetary Savings, Including:  Instituting work exemptions for CalWORKs participants with very young children.  Reducing the RMR for license-exempt providers from
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/socservices/2015/Child-Care-and-Development-Overview.pdf

^[PDF] Overview of California’s Child Care and Development System

.  About one-quarter of slots were eliminated (approximately 110,000 slots across all programs).  In Addition to Eliminating Slots, the State Implemented Certain Policies to Achieve Budgetary Savings, Including:  Instituting work exemptions for CalWORKs participants with very young children.  Reducing the RMR for license-exempt providers from
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2015/Overview-of-child-care-development-041415.pdf

The 2014-15 Budget: Child Care and Preschool Programs

Based on multiyear caseload trends, the Governor estimates average monthly caseload will decline by 650 slots for Stage 2 and by nearly 2,000 slots for Stage 3 in 2014 –15 . . . .And Partly by Per –Child Cost Estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/budget/child-care/child-care-030414.aspx

^[PDF] Recent Changes to California’s Child Care and Development System

Recent Augmentations Major 2014-15 Child Care and Preschool Spending Changes (In Millions) Change Amount Provide 7,500 additional full-year, full-day State Preschool slotsa $70 Provide quality improvement grants for State Preschool 50 Increase the SRR by 5 percent 49 Caseload adjustmentsb 26 Fund quality improvement activities (one time) 25 Increase the RMR by 9 percentc 19 Repeal part-day State
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2015/Recent-Changes-to-Californias-Child-Care-and-Development-System-041615.pdf

^[PDF] Overview of Governor’s Child Care and Preschool Proposals

. • Eliminates 46,000 slots. • Maintains same hourly requirements for working parents as proposed in January. • Allows up to two years of eligibility for parents attending training or education programs. • Eliminates 21,000 slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2012/Overview_of_Governors_Child_Care_and_Preschool_Proposals_052312.pdf

2003 Initiative Analysis: The Gaming Revenue Act of 2004

In addition, Indian tribes with tribal-state gaming compacts are authorized to operate slot machines and other casino-style gaming in California. Card Rooms. The state allows card rooms to conduct certain “non-banked” card games.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2003/031060.htm

Sports wagering. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - For example, federal law permits federally recognized tribes to operate certain types of games (such as slot machines) on Native American lands in states that allow such games. When a tribe wants to offer gaming on its lands, federal law requires that the state negotiate a comp act with the tribe that specifies how gaming will be conducted, regulated, and enforced.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-031

^[PDF] Overview of State’s Child Care and Development System_100912

The CDE contracts directly with child care providers for a certain number of slots. Eligible families enroll in these subsidized slots. Programs and Estimated Number of Slots • CalWORKs Stage 1 (46,000) • State preschool (145,000) • CalWORKs Stage 2 (65,000) • General Child Care (47,000) • CalWORKs Stage 3 (25,000) • Migrant child care program
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2012/Overview_of_States_Child_Care_and_Development_System_100912.pdf

^[PDF] Improving In-Prison Rehabilitation Programs

According to CDCR, some low-risk, low-need inmates are assigned to empty rehabilitation program slots if a high-risk, high-need inmate is not present at the institution to fill that slot. This is because the department does not want to leave a slot open until it can assign and transfer a high-risk, high-need inmate to the slot if there is a low-risk, low-need inmate who can fill the slot much sooner.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2017/3720/In-Prison-Rehabilitation-120617.pdf