The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - (The budget separately provides $5  million ongoing General Fund to the California Highway Patrol for staff in the Computer Crimes Investigation Unit, which assists in investigations of child sexual abuse material and human trafficking.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2020-21 Budget: Assessing the Governor's Reorganization Proposals

Feb 7, 2020 - This is because the reorganization proposes transferring General Child Care from CDE to the new department. As a result, it could fragment General Child Care from CDE ’s administration of State Preschool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4146

The Property Tax Inheritance Exclusion

Oct 9, 2017 - For a home owned this long, the inheritance exclusion reduces the child ’s property tax bill by $3,000 to $4,000 per year. Number of Inherited Properties Likely to Grow. California property owners are getting older.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3706

Nutrition Programs in COVID-19 Recovery Actions

Mar 25, 2020 - The additional funding for child nutrition programs, WIC, TEFAP, and OAA are intended to support nutrition access for individuals adversely impacted by the current public health crisis, such as those who have recently lost their jobs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4211

Broad-Based Cash Assistance in COVID-19 Recovery Actions

Apr 3, 2020 - Then again in 2008, the federal government issued about 125  million checks nationwide totaling between $300 and $600 for single adults ($600 to $1,200 for married couples) and an additional $300 per child.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4214

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - Grants to county child welfare agencies to provide housing assistance to families involved in the child welfare system who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. CalFresh. Counties administer monthly food benefits, formerly known as food stamps, for about 2  million low ‑income families and individuals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals

Mar 17, 2023 - For example, for the Department of Social Services ’ Child Welfare Services – California Automated Response and Engagement System project, the project D &I approach changed to a combination of agile and traditional approaches because county eligibility workers needed to limit the amount of user testing and training required.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, K ‑12 schools and child care providers will increasingly be impacted by disasters such as wildfires and floods interrupting their ability to offer in ‑person educational services. More frequent school closures will cause disruptions to instruction, school meals, and child care —leading to a greater risk of food insecurity, learning loss, and poorer academic outcomes for impacted students, as well as impairing their parents ’ ability to work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 29, 2021 - This program provides housing-related supports to eligible families experiencing homelessness in the child welfare system. Home Safe Program Expansion. The budget includes $92.5  million General Fund in both 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23 for the Home Safe program for access to health, safety, and housing supports for individuals involved in or at risk of involvement in Adult Protective Services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4468

The 2019-20 Budget: Office of Emergency Services

Mar 13, 2019 - In recent yea rs, the state has funded a few dozen programs with VOCA funds, such as victim/witness assistance, rape crisis, domestic violence assistance, transitional housing, and child abuse treatment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3961