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Heather Gonzalez
(916) 319-8359
Emergency Services and Business Regulation
Anita Lee
(916) 319-8321
Courts, Department of Justice, Gambling
Caitlin O'Neil
(916) 319-8351
State Prisons, County Jails, Sentencing
Orlando Sanchez Zavala
(916) 319-8307
Correctional Health Care, Rehabilitation Programs, Juvenile Justice, Community Corrections
Drew Soderborg
(916) 319-8346
Deputy Legislative Analyst: Public Safety and Business Regulation

Publications

Criminal Justice

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Report

LAO Recommended Legislation

December 1, 2008 - The role of the Legislative Analyst's Office is to review state programs and make recommendations to the Legislature as to how the state can operate more effectively and efficiently. This report summarizes various changes to law that we have recommended in recent years. Recommendations in this report include, among many others: (a) Simplify and Consolidate K-12 General Purpose Funding, (b) Promote the Adoption of Health Information Technology in California, (c) Fund Inmate Education Programs Based on Actual Attendance, and (d) Increase and Index the State Gas Tax.

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Proposition 6: Police and Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Penalties and Laws: Safe Neighborhoods Act

September 25, 2008 - Presented to: Senate Public Safety Committee Hon. Gloria Romero, Chair Assembly Public Safety Committee Hon. Jose Solorio, Chair

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Proposition 5: Nonviolent Drug Offenses. Sentencing. Parole and Rehabilitation. Initiative Statute.

September 23, 2008 - Presented to: Senate Public Safety Committee, Hon. Gloria Romero, Chair and Assembly Public Safety Committee, Hon. Jose Solorio, Chair

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Proposition 9: Victim's Bill of Rights Act of 2008: Marsy's Law

September 23, 2008 - Presented to the Assembly and Senate Public Safety Committees

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LAO Compromise: Proposals to Reduce Inmate and Parole Populations

June 13, 2008 - LAO compromise for Item 5225-001-0001, 5225-002-0001, and 5225-101-0001 of the 2008 Budget Conference Committee (pages 304-312, 323-324).

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Informational: Reentry Facilities Program Study and Acquisition

June 13, 2008 - Item 5225-301-0001 of the 2008 Budget Conference Committee (page 330).

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Informational: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Local Government Financing

June 13, 2008 - Item 5225-101-0001, 9210-101-0001, 9210-105-0001, 9210-607-0001 of the 2008 Budget Conference Committee (pages 328, 423-425)

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Informational: Mental Health Staffing Study

June 13, 2008 - Item 5225-002-0001 and 4440-011-0001 of the 2008 Budget Conference Committee (pages 285, 325).

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LAO Compromise: Proposals for Restitution Fund Expenditures

June 13, 2008 - LAO Compromise on Executive and Legislative Proposals for Restitution Fund Expenditures.

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LAO Compromise: General Fund Reductions to the Judicial Branch

June 12, 2008 - LAO compromise for Item 0250 of the 2008 Budget Conference Committee.

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Prison and Parole Population Management Options

March 13, 2008 - Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 4

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LAO Alternative Budget Options

March 13, 2008 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No.4

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Public Safety/Parole Realignment Property Tax Redirection

March 10, 2008 - Water and Waste District Enterprise Special District Property Taxes Redirected to Support Public Safety/Parole Realignment

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Parole Realignment LAO Alternative Budget Package

March 10, 2008 - Handout summarizing the LAO's proposed realignment of responsibility for supervision of low-level criminal offenders from the state parole system to county probation.

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Prison Overcrowding-An Overview on Construction and Rehabilitation

February 20, 2008 - Presented to the Senate Public Safety Committee