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Assembly committee challenges plan to cut 4,167 childcare slots from governor’s budget
Summary
Committee members and provider advocates pushed back on a governor’s budget proposal that would reduce 4,167 federally and Prop 64-funded child care slots, pressing the administration to identify carryover or other funds before the May Revision and citing a DOF estimate that restoring the slots would cost roughly $100 million.
The chair of the joint Assembly Budget Subcommittees No. 2 and 3 pressed administration officials Wednesday over a proposal in the governor’s 2026–27 budget to reduce 4,167 funded child‑care slots, saying the legislature should not learn of such cuts in the May Revision and asking agencies to seek alternatives that avoid service disruptions.
The chair (by role) opened the hearing calling for shared work between the legislature and administration and asked Department of Finance and Department of Social Services officials to meet with legislative staff before the May Revision to attempt to preserve slot commitments made in prior budget agreements.
Claire Ramsey, chief deputy director at the Department of Social Services, told the committee the 4,167 slots reflect reductions in two…
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