California Code, Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 11321

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, sanctions shall not be applied for a grieving parent's failure or refusal to comply with program requirements during the month in which a child in the assistance unit died, or the following month.

(b) Upon receiving notification of the death of a child in an assistance unit, the county shall do both of the following:

(c) For the purposes of this section, “grieving parent” means an aided adult who is required to participate in welfare-to-work activities and who experiences the death of a child in his or her assistance unit.