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Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., California Secretary of State
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The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)
This includes Chapter 60 of 2023 (SB 149, Caballero and Becker), which authorizes some types of infrastructure projects—including certain energy, semiconductor and microelectronic; transportation; and water‑related projects—to receive streamlined judicial review under the California Environmental Quality Act. It also includes Chapter 58 of 2023 (SB 146, Gonzalez), which authorizes the use of two project delivery methods—progressive design‑build and job order contracting—under certain circumstances.
Child Care and Preschool
Sets Aside Funds to Support Collectively Bargained Early Education Agreement and Parity Actions. The budget package includes $2.7 billion in one time funds from various state and federal fund sources to support the following: (1) monthly rate supplement payments to providers based on region and number of enrolled children from January 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025; (2) a one-time provider lump-sum transitional payment; (3) a narrower definition of part-time care; (4) extension of COVID-19 reimbursement flexibility policies from September 30, 2023 to June 30, 2025; (5) maintaining minimum funding levels for health, retirement, and training funds; and (6) administrative funds for MOU-related activities, including dues collections and subsidized provider reporting compliance. These program changes generally were collectively bargained between the state and Child Care Providers United (CCPU) for represented child care and State Preschool providers and, for parity sake, extended to remaining child care and State Preschool providers (with the exception of the health, retirement, and training funds, which is limited to CCPU-represented providers).
Modifies Family Fee Schedule. During the COVID‑19 pandemic, the federal government allowed states to temporarily waive family fees in child care programs. The state waived family fees in both the child care and State Preschool programs, with the fees scheduled to return July 1, 2023. Chapter 4 of 2023 (AB 110, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) provided $39 million across state and federal fund sources to waive family fees until September 30, 2023. On October 1, 2023, the family fee schedule must be reinstated in child care programs.
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Applicants who will complete the first 4 steps after April 30, 2023, do not need to complete step 5.  

CMD GI Bill New Application Process
Complete the application process below to apply for the 2024-25 academic year (AY) if you did not participate in the CMD GI Bill for the 2022-23 AY or were withdrawn from the Program. The 2024-25 academic year goes from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.  (This is not for classes that start prior to July 1.)
Applications are not transferable from one academic year to another.
If you are currently a CMD GI Bill participant for the 2023-24 AY, go to For Renewal Students Tab, and complete the Renewal Application process listed there by June 1, 2024.
5-Step Application Process

Visit the FAFSA website and fill out the 2024-25 AY Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)You do not need to send anything in to confirm you completed it. Once you have completed step 2, the California Student Aid Commission will confirm the date your FAFSA was submitted.
Visit the CSAC Website and complete the 2024-25 AY Initial Application.(If you do not have a WebGrants 4 Students or the Golden State Teacher Grant Program account, you will need to complete the First Time User process before applying. If you do have an existing account, you will need to Login as a Returning User. If you Login and it keeps kicking you back to the login page, contact the California Student Aid Commission at 888-224-7268 and ask for a help ticket number. If they are unable to solve the issue, e-mail the CMD GI Bill Coordinators and provide the ticket number you were given.)For the next 3 steps: Scan and e-mail the forms as a .pdf document to: cmd.gi.bill@cmd.ca.gov. (If you take a picture with your phone and then convert to a .pdf, it may not be accepted as the pages are often distorted.
The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations
Money is fungible, if the Legislature were to approve both the unallocated reductions and the proposed budget augmentations to fund new activities, what assurances can the administration provide that the newly approved funding and position authority would be used to implement the new activities and not, instead, used to backfill reductions established through the administrative exercises?
Proposed Process to Achieve 10 Percent Reduction Starts Late and Seems Inefficient. It is our understanding that DOF would not start the process to work with departments to identify savings until the fall. Waiting until the state fiscal year has started could result in an erosion of the expected savings. Additionally, it seems inefficient for DOF and all state departments to simultaneously complete two distinct unallocated reduction budget exercises. While one of the exercises is proposed to be driven by vacant positions, the ultimate goal of both exercises is the same: permanently reduce General Fund state operations costs. It would be more efficient to consolidate the two exercises into one.
High Risk That Assumed Savings Would Not Materialize in Full in 2024-25. Unallocated cuts can be difficult to achieve in full. This especially is true when the reductions are determined through a collaborative process that allows for departments to be exempt from any reductions or receive a lower level of reduction. Moreover, the proposed unallocated reduction is very large. The administration would not begin to identify reductions until after the start of the fiscal year. This creates a high risk that the savings will not materialize in full in 2024-25. To the extent that savings do not materialize, this proposal would create a larger future budget challenge. While this proposal may help the state reach a balanced budget “on paper,” in reality, the unrealized savings would flow into the 2025-26 budget process and add to any fiscal challenges the Legislature is facing that year.

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Bill Text - SB-925 Legislative review of state agency action.
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 NO  Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 9146 of the Government Code is amended to read:9146. Any state agency which is required or permitted by federal law or regulation to establish or alter a federal aid allocation formula to a local agency shall notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committee not less than 60 days prior to the effective date of the establishment or change in the federal aid allocation formula. The chairman chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee may grant a waiver of the 60-day notification period after receipt of the notification.The chairman chairperson shall inform members of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee of his the chairperson’s intention to waive the 60-day notification period after such notification. If no an objection is not received within 10 9 days, he the chairperson shall proceed to grant the waiver of the 60-day notification period.The notification shall contain the federal law or regulation necessitating or authorizing the establishment or change, a description of the proposed allocation formula to be established or changed, as the case may be, and an estimate of the resulting increase or decrease in federal aid allocated to the affected local agency.When requested by the chairman chairperson or by any member of the committee, or when the Legislature is in session, when requested by the chairman chairperson of the committee, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee shall schedule a hearing on the proposed allocation formula to be established or changed, as the case may be.“Local agency” as used in this section, means any city, county, city and county, special district, school district, community college district, and county office of education.The establishment or changes in federal aid allocation formulas affecting less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in federal aid in any fiscal year shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.The provisions of this This
	section shall does not apply to any reallocation of funds by a state agency from or to a local agency if the state agency finds that either of the following conditions, or both, exist:(a) The local agency cannot spend its entire allocation within the period established by the federal government.
The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan
In particular, the recent statutory changes to the responsibilities and composition of the Homelessness Coordinating and Financing Council (HCFC)—now known as the California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH)—encourages greater coordination among the various state entities involved in addressing homelessness. The box below explains Cal ICH’s original creation and recent changes to the council’s composition. Additionally, the recent roll out of HDIS is a step forward in the state’s access to centralized information about the delivery of homelessness services across the state. Over time, as the system compiles more detailed information about the homelessness services delivered locally, this system may help inform state policy and budget decisions. Finally, more recent rounds of flexible funding for local governments have included requirements, such as local action plans and outcome goals, that will facilitate oversight, accountability, and the ability to track local governments’ progress.

The California Interagency Council on Homelessness 
Established to Oversee Housing First Policy. In 2017, the Housing First model was adopted in the state by Chapter 847 of 2016 (SB 1380, Mitchell). It required state housing programs to adopt the model. Housing First is an approach intended to quickly and successfully connect individuals and families experiencing homelessness to permanent housing without preconditions and barriers to entry, such as sobriety, treatment, or service participation requirements. Supportive services are offered to enhance the prospect of achieving housing stability and prevent returns to homelessness as opposed to addressing predetermined treatment goals prior to providing permanent housing. Housing First emerged as an alternative to a housing philosophy that required individuals experiencing homelessness to first complete short‑term residential and treatment programs before securing permanent housing. Under this prior model, permanent housing was offered only after an individual experiencing homelessness could demonstrate that they were “ready” for housing. The California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH) is responsible for monitoring state programs’ compliance with Housing First. While confirmation was pending as of November 2021 for some programs administered by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), many other programs—including those administered by the Housing and Community Development Department and Department of Social Services—were found to be complying by Cal ICH. 
Recent Statutory Changes to Cal ICH.
Bill Text - AB-132 Postsecondary education trailer bill.
occurred.This bill would establish a California Community College Expanded Entitlement Award for students who were not awarded a Cal Grant A or B award at the time of the student’s high school graduation but who will be enrolled at a California community college during the award year and who meet all of the criteria, as specified.Under existing law, no more than a total of 41,000 Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards may be granted annually. Existing law additionally requires 50% of the awards be available to all students, including California community college students, and 50% of the awards be reserved for students who will be enrolled at a California community college.This bill would reduce the total number of Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards that may be granted annually to 13,000 and would make all of the
	 Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards available to students who will be enrolled at an institution other than a California community college. Existing law, commencing with the 2019–20 academic year, provides an additional award, as specified, to Cal Grant A and B Entitlement, Competitive Cal Grant A and B, and Cal Grant C recipients who are attending a public postsecondary educational institution and have dependent children, as defined. Under existing law, the amount appropriated in the annual Budget Act, and any other appropriation for these purposes, shall not exceed $125,000,000.This bill would increase the amount that can be appropriated for these purposes to $250,000,000.Commencing with the 2021–22 academic year, this bill would provide an additional award, as specified, to Cal Grant A and B Entitlement,
	 Competitive Cal Grant A and B, and Cal Grant C recipients who are foster youth or former foster youth, as defined, attending a public postsecondary educational institution.(8) Existing law establishes the Golden State Teacher Grant Program under the administration of the Student Aid Commission to provide a grant to each student enrolled in an approved teacher credentialing program within an accredited California institution of higher education who commits to working in a high-need field, as defined, at a priority school for 4 years after the student receives a preliminary teaching credential. Existing law makes funds appropriated for the program in the Budget Act of 2020 available for encumbrance or expenditures by the commission until June 30, 2023.
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 The 2023-24 Budget: California Spending Plan Series
 

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October 2, 2023 - 
 Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The final version of Overview of the California Spending Plan is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2023-24 budget package. As these posts become available, we will add them below.
 

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 The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects
 

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February 28, 2023 - 
 This post: (1) provides background on common approaches to financing capital outlay projects, (2) identifies key trade-offs associated with the Governor’s approach to financing certain capital outlay projects in the 2023-24 budget, and (3) provides recommendations to the Legislature when considering capital outlay financing approaches.
 

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 The 2022-23 Budget: California Spending Plan Series
 

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September 29, 2022 - 
 Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The Overview of the California Spending Plan is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2022-23 budget package. As more of these posts become available, we will add them below.


 

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 The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions
 

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October 7, 2020 - 
 The 2020-21 Budget: California Spending Plan — Other Provisions.
 

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Bill Text - AB-132 Postsecondary education trailer bill.
(a) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges is authorized to enter into a contract or other agreement with the governing board of any community college district whereby the district performs services or acts as a fiscal agent on behalf of the California Community Colleges. This section shall apply only when the funds for the contract or agreement are in satisfaction of the state obligation to provide funding pursuant to Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2023.SEC. 76. Section 1095 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is amended to read:1095. The director shall permit the use of any information in the director’s possession to the extent necessary for any of the following purposes, and may require reimbursement for all direct costs incurred in providing any and all information specified in this section, except information specified in subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive:(a) To enable the director or the director’s representative to carry out their responsibilities under this code.(b) To properly present a claim for benefits.(c) To acquaint a worker or their authorized agent with the worker’s existing or prospective right to benefits.(d) To furnish an employer or their authorized agent with information to enable the employer to fully discharge their obligations or safeguard their rights under this division or Division 3 (commencing with Section 9000).(e) To enable an employer to receive a reduction in contribution rate.(f) To enable federal, state, or local governmental departments or agencies, subject to federal law, to verify or determine the eligibility or entitlement of an applicant for, or a recipient of, public social services provided pursuant to Division 9 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Welfare and Institutions Code, or Part A of Subchapter IV of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 601 et seq.), when the verification or determination is directly connected with, and limited to, the administration of public social services.(g) To enable county administrators of general relief or assistance, or their representatives, to determine entitlement to locally provided general relief or assistance, when the determination is directly connected with, and limited to, the administration of general relief or assistance.