California Code, Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 15150.5

The director shall develop and implement an allocation formula for state funds and state administered federal funds that each county is to receive for social services. The director shall seek the advice and assistance of counties in development of this formula. The proposed formula shall become effective not sooner than 30 days after it has been submitted to the chairman of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. The proposed formula submitted to the chairman shall be accompanied by a statement from the County Supervisors Association of California which expresses the counties' position on the formula.