The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - Currently, 50  percent of administrative costs are covered by the federal government, 35  percent by the state, and 15  percent by counties. Payment Error Rate Measures Accuracy of Benefit Calculations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

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

Mar 6, 2026 - This split, in turn, is based on SGC ’s practice of awarding up to $35   million per project (70   percent) for affordable housing and up to $15   million (30   percent) for transportation. Yet, there is no inherent policy rationale for that 70/30 split.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - To help address the state budget shortfall, the budget package includes a reduction of $15  million in one-time General Fund that had been provided in a prior year for the Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Mar 3, 2026 - The SSI/SSP caseload grew at a rate of less than 1  percent each year between 2011-12 and 2014-15. Beginning in 2015-16, however, SSI/SSP caseload began to decline slowly at an average rate of 1.7  percent each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - As part of the 2012 IHSS MOE, beginning in 2012 ‑13, all counties were required to maintain their 2011 ‑12 expenditure levels for IHSS, to which an annual growth factor of 3.5  percent was applied beginning in 2014 ‑15.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The 2025-26 spending plan includes an additional $15  million in one-time General Fund to support One California immigration programs. Since its inception in 2015, One California, also known as the Immigration Services Funding (ISF) program, has funded non-profit organizations to provide free services to immigrants under three broad categories: (1)  legal services, (2)  education and outreach, and (3)  legal training and technical assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/8

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The 2024-25 Budget Act included $15  million General Fund on a one-time basis for the implementation of the pilot program, which was originally expected to begin in 2024-25. Due to a delay in implementation, the 2025-26 spending plan shifts the $1  million in automation funding from 2023-24 to 2024-25 and 2025-26 and the $15  million in benefit funding from
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/3

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The spending plan reduces funding for Porterville Developmental Center by $15  million General Fund in 2025-26 and $16  million General Fund from 2026-27 onward. The administration stated that these reductions reflect historical savings relative to budgeted levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1

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

May 24, 2024 - After publishing the initial TBL proposal in March  2024, DSS conducted around 15 feedback sessions to engage stakeholders on various elements of the new proposed rates structure. Stakeholders shared significant feedback, particularly related to the new program elements proposed for the rates structure, namely the strengths building and immediate needs components.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4909

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality Trend in Young Adult Motor Vehicle Deaths Age 15 to 44 Deaths in Motor Vehicle Crashes Increased in 2020. Figure  16 displays total quarterly motor vehicle crash deaths among Californians age 15 to 44 over the last six years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945