2026-27 California State Budget Information

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Committee Information, Rules & Position Letter Deadlines can be found here

TFC 2026 Budget Tracking document
TFC Response to 2026-27 Proposed Budget

Upcoming Budget Hearings (updated 03/03/26)

• March 18, 2026 (Wednesday)
• Assembly Budget Subcommittee 3 on Education Finance @ 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 444 Add to Calendar

• PreK-12 and Early Education: Educator Pipeline & Support

• March 19, 2026 (Thursday)
• Senate Budget Subcommittee 3 on Health and Human Services @ 9:30 a.m. or upon adjournment of Session 1021 O Street, Room 1200 - Calendar

• H.R. 1 Impacts: Medi-Cal Eligibility, CalFresh, CalWORKs

• March 23, 2026 (Monday)
• Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health @  2:30 p.m.; State Capitol, Room 127 Add to Calendar

• California’s Response to HR 1: Defending Health Care Affordability & Access – Part 3
  Financing California’s Health Care Safety Net Under HR 1

• March 24, 2026 (Tuesday)
• Assembly Joint Hearing Budget Subs 3 & 2 @ 9:00 a.m.; State Capitol, Room 447 - Calendar
• Department of Social Services
  
• California Department of Education
• January Budget proposals for Early Childhood Education
• State of Universal Preschool Oversight
• March 25, 2026 (Wednesday)
• Joint Hearing Budget Subcommittee No. 2 On Human Services And Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health @ 1:30 pm; State Capitol, Room 444 Add to Calendar
• 5180 Department of Social Services
• 4170 California Department of Aging
• 5180 Department of Social Services
• 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
• Expected Impacts of Federal H.R. 1 on People Served in These Programs and Proposals to Reduce Harm in California
• Recommendations to Create a “No Wrong Door” for Access to Senior Supports and Services
• March 26, 2026 (Thursday)
• Senate Budget Subcommittee 3 on Health and Human Services @ 9:30 a.m. or upon adjournment of Session 1021 O Street, Room 1200 - Calendar
• 4170 Department of Aging
• 4300 Department of Developmental Services
• 5180 Department of Social Services
• In-Home Supportive Services 
• April 9, 2026 (Thursday)
• Senate Budget Subcommittee 3 on Health and Human Services @ 9:30 a.m. or upon adjournment of Session 1021 O Street, Room 1200 - Calendar
• April 23, 2026 (Thursday)
• Senate Budget Subcommittee 3 on Health and Human Services @ 9:30 a.m. or upon adjournment of Session 1021 O Street, Room 1200 - Calendar
• 5180 Department of Social Services
• Child Care 
• Child Welfare and Foster Care
• Community Care Licensing
• Housing Programs   
• Immigration and Refugee Programs
• SSI/SSP
• Adult Protective Services
• Automation 
• 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 02/13/26)

• NEW Budget Bills
• SB/AB 107
• SB/AB 117 (related to Bay Area transit)
• NEW 2/10/2025 Trailer Bills Introduced
• TBL - Child Care Cost of Living Adjustment
• TBL - Maximizing Child Care Subsidies: Defining Excessive Unexplained Absences
• TBL - TK-12 Omnibus Trailer Bill (includes language for CSPP COLA)
• 2/2/2026 Trailer Bills Introduced
  • TBL - Child Care Provider Family Fee Deductions
  • TBL - Child Care Alternative Methodology Survey
  • TBL - Licensed Family Daycare Homes Temporary Absences
• 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