Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - In addition, the second round of potentially more impactful GenAI POCs (and the first round to fully use the new PDL process) will provide a clear opportunity for the Legislature to see how PDL works in practice, as well as better understand how it differs from PAL.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

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

Jan 13, 2025 - As such, if the Legislature wishes to have substantively more reserves available when responding to downturns or other emergencies, we would recommend also changing the formulas that set aside funds each year to increase how much is saved.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - CalFresh benefits can be used to buy most groceries and some prepared food at participating vendors, which include most grocery and convenience stores. Monthly Benefits Vary. Monthly benefits per household vary based on household size, income, and deductible living expenses —with larger households generally receiving more benefits than smaller households and relatively higher-income households generally receiving fewer benefits than lower-income households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

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

Mar 7, 2025 - The Legislature will need to understand and monitor how DARTs and other change management activities are preparing departments for adoption of a new payroll system. Questions for the Legislature to ask include: How will SCO and CalHR work with DARTs to ensure their department ’s business processes align with the new requirements and technical implementation of CSPS?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - How much funding is proposed in 2025-26 for DSS for each BH-CONNECT component to be implemented by the department (that is, what are the individuals amounts proposed for activity funds, CFT meetings for FM cases, and joint home visits)?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot

Feb 21, 2025 - How does the administration plan to involve stakeholders, including the Legislature, in the selection of the outcome measures? How will benchmarks and targets along each of the selected measures be determined?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The spending plan codifies the program in state law, requiring that CDSS administer the program, subject to appropriation, and providing the department with authority to distribute the funds upon a proclamation or declaration of a disaster or state of emergency by a California county or city.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - (We discuss these data and how they could help address the disproportionalities and disparities in the state’s child welfare system in our April 24, 2024 report— California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2025-26 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 13, 2025 - The state has full discretion over whether and how to provide increases to the SSP portion of the grant. Until it was ended in 2011, the state had a statutory annual COLA. These COLAs generally reflected whole-grant COLAs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - In previous years, the administration has noted that they currently do not have a methodology in place to be able to track how many actual IHSS recipients enter the program as a result of this asset limit change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009