2026-27 California State Budget Information

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Upcoming Budget Hearings (updated 02/6/26)

• February 10, 2026 (Tuesday)
• Assembly Budget Sub 3 - Education Finance @ 9:00 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 Calendar - Proposition 98 Overview: All Departments
• Joint Hearing Assembly Budget Subcommittee 3 Education Finance and Education - @ 9:00 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 - California Community Schools Partnership Program

• February 11, 2026 (Wednesday)
• Senate Budget and Fiscal Review - @ 9:00 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 - SUBJECT: The Impacts of H.R. 1 (Public Law No. 119-21) on California’s Safety Net

• February 17, 2026 (Tuesday)
• Joint Hearing Assembly Budget Subcommittee 3 Education Finance and Education - @ 9:00 a.m. -  State Capitol, Room 447 Calendar - Overview of the Governor’s Budget and Segments Leader’s Perspective

• February 18 (Wednesday)
• Assembly Budget Sub 3 - Accountability & Oversight @ 9:00 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 126 Calendar- HOMELESS HOUSING AND PREVENTION PROGRAM; FUNDING ACCOUNTABILITY
  
  
• February 25, 2026 (Wednesday)
• Joint Hearing Assembly Budget Subcommittee 3 Education Finance and Education - @ 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 - Calendar - 
• Anti-Poverty, Anti- Hunger, and Equity Programs: CalFresh (including the Fruit and Vegetable Pilot Program), California Food Assistance Program (CFAP), CalFood (Emergency Food Banks), CalWORKs (including CalWORKs Family Stabilization, CalWORKs Homeless Assistance Program, and CalWORKs Housing Support Program), and Immigration and Refugee Programs
• Expected Impacts of Federal H.R. 1 on People and Proposals to Reduce Harm in California
• All Related January Governor’s Budget Proposals, including Policy and Estimate Changes, Budget Change Proposals for State Administration, and Governor’s Trailer Bill Language Proposals
• March 11, 2026 (Wednesday)
• Assembly Budget Sub 3 on Human Services @ 1:30 p.m.; State Capitol, Room 444 - Calendar
• Foster Care and Child Welfare Services, including review of Overall Trends in Foster Care and Challenges, Tiered Rate Structure Implementation, Review of Immediate Needs Report, Bringing Families Home, and Foster Family Agency Insurance Payments
• March 24, 2026 (Tuesday)
• Assembly Joint Hearing Budget Subs 3 & 2 @ 9:00 a.m.; State Capitol, Room 447 - Calendar
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• California Department of Education
• January Budget proposals for Early Childhood Education
• State of Universal Preschool Oversight
• April 29, 2026 (Wednesday)
• Assembly Budget Sub 2 Human Services @ 1:30 p.m.; State Capitol, Room 444; Calendar
• Automation Projects, including the California Statewide Automated Welfare System (CalSAWS)

2026 Budget (updated 02/05/26)

TFC Response to 2026-27 Proposed Budget

• 2/2/2026 Trailer Bills Introduced
• • TBL - Requires minimum every 3 years, federally approved updates to alternative methodology
  • TBL - Requiring contractors to collect family fees from parents directly
    
  • TBL - Amends 20% temporary absence rule
• January 10 budget release information
• January 10 - Recording of the release of the 2025-26 Budget
• January 2026-27 Budget
• Governor's Budget Summary ("8 Pages")
• CA Health and Human Services budget summary
• Assembly 2026-27 Review
• Senate Summary of Governor's Proposed 2026-27 Budget
• 2026-27 Budget Implementation (child care programs pages 29-30)
• Administration's multiyear budget projection summary
• Links to departmental "budget galley" (budget details by department)
• Department of Social Services
• Child care investments included in the 2026 Budget (pages 78-79):
• Child Care Cost-of-Living Adjustment—An increase of $89.1 million ongoing General Fund for a cost-of-living adjustment for DSS administered child care programs.
• Child Care Infrastructure—An increase of $11.5 million one-time Proposition 64 funding for child care infrastructure, specifically targeted toward communities impacted by recent fires. 
• Links to budget change proposals
• Governor’s proposed budget bill, introduced in each house by its budget committee chair, as required by the State Constitution: AB 1563 (Gabriel) and SB 879 (Laird)
• Other budget resources

Other Updates & Resources

• Assembly Budget Subcmt. No. 7 Hearing: Impact of 2026 Federal Funding Withholding for Child Care Services (01/28/2026)
• Jason Sisney: Q&A: California's balanced budget requirement (01/07/2026)
• Jason Sisney: State deficit estimates often differ (01/05/2026)
• LAO State Budget 2025-26 Child Care Spending Plan (11/14/2025)
• LAO Report: 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook (11/19/2025)
• FY 2025-26 CA Child Care Funding Allocation Per Program
• CalBudget: Guide to the California State Budget Process
• For an overview on the budget process and its timeline, click here

Archived Budget Information:

2025-26 Budget Archive
2024-25 Budget Archive
2023-24 Budget Archive
2022-23 Budget Archive
2021-22 Budget Archive
2020-21 Budget Archive
2019-20 Budget Archive
2018-19 Budget Archive
2017-18 Budget Archive
2016-17 Budget Archive