The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Rejects Administration Proposal to Allow DCC to “Seal ” Certain Premises. The budget rejects a Governor ’s proposal to authorize DCC to seal (that is, secure and prevent entry) a building or premises occupied by an unlicensed person in connection with illicit commercial cannabis activity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Legislation directs DSS and DHCS to establish guidance for a five-year pilot program to provide technical assistance and funding for counties to develop strategies and procedures to: (1)  support youth in family settings and prevent the need for more restrictive placement settings, and (2)  connect youth in more restrictive settings to a
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/3

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - Issues Many Providers Still Are Not in Compliance With HCBS Final Rule Set to Take Effect in March. Figure   3 shows the share of providers (broken out by service category) who have compliant policies set in place as of December  29,  2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Expenditure authority for some of the temporary augmentations, such as the Emergency Response increases and components of the complex care needs funding, are set to expire in the current year (June 30, 2026).
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

Sequestering Savings From the Closure of Developmental Centers

Jan 31, 2018 - Two, the one ‑time influx of revenue could be set aside and earn interest, which could serve as an ongoing source of revenue for investments in the DDS system. Three, the principal could provide a one ‑time source of revenue for special projects or priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3735

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - However, as seen in Figure  5 , when we consider IHSS hourly wages separately, we see that the average growth rate of hourly wages has been 5.6  percent annually since  2014. This growth in IHSS hourly wages is in part due to increases to the state minimum wage —from $8  per hour on January 1, 2014 to $16.90 per hour on January  1,  2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - DCs formerly played this role, acting as a place of last resort that could not refuse to serve a consumer in need. One DC remains in place —Porterville DC ’s secure treatment program —to serve individuals under court order.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/1

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Establishes New Requirements for Spending in the Self-Determination Program. Participants in the self-determination program are provided an individual budget, a fixed amount of money with which to purchase the services of their choosing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1

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

Mar 6, 2026 - As a result, many projects would receive an HDFC award, and thus there would be an increase in calls on the proposed set ‑aside pool. In years of leaner supplies of state subsidies, however, demand for the set ‑aside pool will be much less and a mandatory 50  percent set ‑aside for HDFC projects could be too high.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - (The state is seeking waivers under the tighter rules on a county-by-county basis and has obtained waivers for several counties.) CDSS estimates that there are about 954,800 individuals that fit the expanded ABAWD criteria (compared to about 345,400 individuals who are estimated to meet the prior criteria).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126