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 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - This year ’s developmental services trailer bill legislation directs regional centers to adopt policies for the purchase of services that promote access to social recreation and camping services. It also directs regional centers to designate at least one employee to serve as a public point of contact on social recreation and camping services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/1

The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Mar 20, 2023 - Signed Contracts to Build, Lease, and Purchase Network Expected by End of 2023. CDT expects all contracts necessary to build, lease, and purchase individual network segments will be signed by the end of 2023, which will encumber both the federal ARP fiscal relief funds and General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4747

The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - The California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot provides CalFresh recipients in pilot counties with a dolla r-for-dollar benefit match when they purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at select farmers ’ markets and grocery stores.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

The 2022-23 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 2, 2022 - Increase Grants to Regain Purchasing Power Lost Since 2008 ‑09. During the Great Recession, the state stopped providing annual COLAs. As a result, the value, or purchasing  power, of the maximum SSI/SSP grants eroded over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4514

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The CalFood program provides funding to a network of food banks statewide to purchase, store, and transport food grown or produced in California. A similar one-time augmentation of $112  million General Fund was made in 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/3

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure at May Revision

May 23, 2024 - Moreover, the administration is considering additional changes to these projects that could impact whether they, in fact, require construction (or could be joint-built, leased, and/or purchased). Changes in the delivery, length, and location of these projects (among other possible changes) necessitate that more information be shared with the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4906

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Participants are provided a fixed amount of resources (based on that participant ’s purchase of service expenditures over the prior 12 months) with which to purchase these services. Under prior law, participants were required to pay for a Financial Management Service provider from this fixed amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/1

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - These entities cited DGS ’s lack of IT expertise as one barrier to more expeditious procurement of IT goods and services, as well as unnecessarily low dollar thresholds for  routine  purchases. A small number of these entities said they did not have enough staff to dedicate to procurements for IT goods and services, which can take months or in some cases years, and instead sought
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - (Under the CCA program, cities and counties may buy or generate electricity for residents and businesses within their communities. IOUs partner with CCAs to deliver the electricity through the IOUs ’ transmission and distribution systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/7