Criminal Justice Publications
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Youth Reinvestment, Second Chance Act, and Trauma Recovery Center Grant Programs
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July 1, 2019 - Assembly Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color
The California State Bar: Considerations for a Fee Increase
June 26, 2019 - This report presents our assessment of the State Bar as required by Business and Professions Code Section 6145. Specifically, our analysis focuses on evaluating the portion of the annual licensing fee charged to attorneys that is deposited into the State Bar’s General Fund and the State Bar’s request for a fee increase in 2020.
Item 5225-001-0001, Item 5225-002-0001, and Item 5225-008-0001 Integrated Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program
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June 4, 2019 - Presented to: Budget Conference Committee
Items 8120-002-0001 and 8120-102-0001 Increased Peace Officer Training Funding
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June 4, 2019 - Presented to: Budget Conference Committee
Various Items—Senate “Access to Justice” Package
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June 4, 2019 - Presented to: Budget Conference Committee
Various Items—Senate “Prison to Community Pipeline” Package
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June 4, 2019 - Presented to: Budget Conference Committee
Item 5227-108-0001 California Violence Intervention and Prevention Program (CalVIP)
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June 4, 2019 - Presented to: Budget Conference Committee
Items 0820-001-0460 and 0820-101-0001 Firearms Enforcement Activities
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June 4, 2019 - Presented to: Budget Conference Committee
Governor’s May Revision: Integrated Substance Use Disorder Treatment (ISUDT) Proposal
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May 12, 2019 - Governor’s May Revision: Integrated Substance Use Disorder Treatment (ISUDT) Proposal
The 2019-20 Budget: Reorganization of the Division of Juvenile Justice
April 10, 2019 - This report provides an overview of California’s juvenile justice system including DJJ and highlights several key questions raised by the Governor’s proposal for the Legislature to consider as the administration provides more detailed information on the proposal in the coming months.
Overview of Gambling in California
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February 26, 2019 - Presented to: Senate Governmental Organization Committee
The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Governor's Criminal Justice Proposals
February 19, 2019 - In this report, we assess many of the Governor’s budget proposals in the judicial and criminal justice area and recommend various changes. We provide a complete listing of our recommendations at the end of the report.
Overview of State Criminal Fines and Fees and Probation Fees
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February 5, 2019 - Presented to: Assembly Committee on Public Safety
The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget
January 14, 2019 - This report presents our office’s initial assessment of the Governor’s Budget. The budget’s position continues to be positive. With $20.6 billion in discretionary resources available, the Governor’s budget proposal reflects a budget situation that is even better than the one our office estimated in the November Fiscal Outlook. The Governor’s Budget allocates nearly half of these discretionary resources to repaying state liabilities. Then, the Governor allocates $5.1 billion to one-time programmatic spending, $3 billion to reserves, and $2.7 billion to ongoing spending. Although the Governor’s allocation to discretionary reserves represents a smaller share of resources than recent budgets, the Governor’s decision to use a significant share of resources to pay down state debts is prudent. The Governor’s ongoing spending proposal is roughly in line with our November estimate of the ongoing capacity of the budget under an economic growth scenario. This was just one scenario, however. Recent financial market volatility indicates revenues could be somewhat lower than either we or the administration estimated.
Criminal Justice Staff
- Anita Lee
- (916) 319-8321
- Courts, Department of Justice, Gambling
- Caitlin O'Neil
- (916) 319-8351
- State Prisons, County Jails, Sentencing
- Jared Sippel
- (916) 319-8335
- Emergency Services and Business Regulation
- 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