This measure repealed the asset limit on California’s welfare-to-work program known as CalWORKs to encourage low-income families to build the savings they need to permanently exit poverty. The CalWORKs asset test penalize low-income families for saving with a reduction or loss of benefits thereby discouraging families from building the personal safety net they need to climb out of poverty and become self sufficient. To see the rest of our work in the area of asset tests and economic mobility, check out our Eliminate Barriers to Self-Sufficiency policy area page.

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This bill (final text downloadable at right under 'Related Files') was held in Senate Appropriations. It preceded AB 1058 (2009-2010 legislative session), which also addresses ineffective CalWORKs eligibility rules. Click here for the AB 1058 Bill Summary.