The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The 2023-24 spending plan changes the source for the 2023-24 expenditures, providing funds from the state ’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) rather than the General Fund. This shift helped to address the state ’s overall budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/7

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The 2023-24 budget package appropriates and extends expenditure authority through June 30, 2026 for $21.1  million General Fund unspent from 2020-21 and 2022-23 related to CCL ’s ongoing effort to create a new facility management data system, replacing and improving upon the functionalities of several legacy systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/8

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - For the budget year, as the Legislature considers the Governor ’s budget proposals, those proposals that currently count as excludable expenditures —such as spending on capital outlay —for the most part can only be reallocated to other SAL ‑related purposes, such as tax reductions or an alternative excluded  expenditure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Creates Foster Youth Tax Credit. Creates refundable $1,000 tax credit for young adults aged 18 through 25 who were foster youth at age 13 or older and are otherwise eligible for the California Earned Income Tax Credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/4

The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Mar 20, 2023 - We also recommend the Legislature consider requiring more frequent updates on encumbrance and expenditure information from DOF to ensure federal deadlines will be met. The United States Department of the Treasury curren tly requires the state to file quarterly encumbrance and expenditure reports but, to avoid the potential loss of federal funds, the Legislature might consider requiring monthly reports until December 31, 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4747

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Health and Human Services [Publication Details]

Oct 17, 2019 - The spending plan also reflects the deposit of $700 million into a safety net reserve (bringing its balance to $900 million) that can be used for future CalWORKs and/or Medi-Cal expenditures. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4104

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 22, 2022 - If  demand for services is higher than anticipated, CDT can request further expenditure authority from DOF through recurring provisional budget bill language. (Recently,  CDT  also requested increased expenditure authority to cover increased demand for and expenditures on VHSS.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4552

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - The administration estimates direct COVID-19 expenditures, which we do not consider discretionary, are higher by $4.4  billion compared to the budget act assumption. (We define direct COVID-19 expenditures to include expenses for testing, contact tracing, and vaccine distribution.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

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

Mar 17, 2023 - DOF could use quarterly project planning expenditure reports for proposed IT projects to inform their analysis. We also recommend the Legislature request this report no later than April 1, 2024 to inform the 2024-25 budget process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746

The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals and Implementation Updates

Feb 22, 2023 - For example, funding for the previously authorized Excellence in Family Finding block grant program, Bringing Families Home program augmentation, and increase in emergency response is proposed to end in the current year (although expenditure authority will continue for a few more years).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4698