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

Mar 5, 2026 - What role do county policies and processes and the design and operation of automation and data systems play in determining the state ’s error rates in each program? Do some counties have significantly higher or lower error rates than others and are there practices or other circumstances that contribute to this  variation?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s Proposal to Strengthen Information Security

Feb 28, 2017 - Maturity is an indicator of how prepared departments are to prevent or respond to a security attack in a way that mitigates any negative consequences. Low maturity departments are not well prepared for attack and generally react to security incidents rather than proactively working to prevent them from occurring.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3594

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor’s Information Security Proposals

Feb 25, 2020 - (We do not provide an in-depth analysis of any individual entity ’s budget request in this post.) We focus the remainder of the post on findings and recommendations concerning constraints currently faced by the Legislature in evaluating IS-related budget requests.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4176

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

Mar 5, 2026 - In this brief, we assess the Governor's proposed funding for county administration of Medi-Cal and CalFresh in response to H.R. 1 and provide related recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5149

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - If adult participants do not meet the WTW requirements, they may be sanctioned, leading to a grant reduction. The Federal Government Measures Program Success Through Work Participation Rate (WPR) Requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

Measuring CalWORKs Performance

Sep 6, 2017 - Additionally, actions taken in recent years to reach substantial compliance with the WPR requirement have provided a certain degree of “cushion ” to allow the state to implement policies consistent with its priorities that might negatively affect the WPR.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3702

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Federal Fiscal Responsibility Act's Impacts on CalWORKs

Mar 5, 2024 - In doing so, it may present an opportunity to shift some of the state ’s focus towards other desired outcome measures or goals for the CalWORKs program Goal of Increasing CalWORKs Take-Up May Impact WPR Requirements Long Term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4877

The 2021-22 Budget: CalWORKs Fiscal Outlook

Dec 8, 2020 - With this post we intend to provide information but do not include any explicit recommendations to the Legislature. Background CalWORKs Provides Cash Assistance and Employment Services to Low ‑Income Families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4306

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

Mar 3, 2026 - In years that the CPI-W is negative (as was the case in 2010, 2011, and 2016), the federal government does not decrease SSI grants, but instead holds them flat. …While State Has Option to Provide Annual COLA to SSP Grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

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

Mar 6, 2026 - The  administration ’s overall plan is for HDFC to begin making awards beginning in 2026 ‑27 but with HCD and CalHFA staff providing support over the next year or two as HDFC engages in this redesign work and builds internal capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154