2016 Data on Crime in California

Oct 17, 2017 - Recently, the FBI released data on crime in 2016. These data likely underestimate the total number of crimes that have actually occurred. This is because they do not include unreported crime, and some reported crimes —including all drug crime —are excluded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3708

LAO Publications

Format: 2016 Data on Crime in California October 17, 2017 - Since 1930, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program has collected data on crimes reported to law enforcement agencies throughout the Unite d States.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications?page=12&year=0&publicationType=0

LAO Publications

Format: 2016 Data on Crime in California October 17, 2017 - Since 1930, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program has collected data on crimes reported to law enforcement agencies throughout the Unite d States.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications?page=12&year=0&publicationType=0

Newly Identified Mandate: Crime Statistics Reports for the Department of Justice (DOJ)

May 2, 2012 - The DOJ is responsible for collecting hate crime and homicide statistics from local law enforcement agencies and reporting that information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI). According to the California Emergency Management Agency (CalEMA) which administers some federal criminal justice grant funds, failure to report complete hate crime and homici de statistics to the FBI may jeopardize some of the state ’s allocation of these federal funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/590

Update on Los Angeles’ Bid for the 2024 Olympics

Mar 23, 2017 - Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FBI would be the lead agency for crisis management; hostage rescue; and detection of chemical, nuclear, and biological weapons attacks. The FBI ’s role includes coordinating with other national and international intelligence agencies to identify, assess, monitor, and prevent terrorist and other security threats to the Games.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3622

^[PDF] California's Criminal Justice System: A Primer

Since 1930, the FBI has been charged with collecting and publishing reliable crime statistics for the nation, which it currently produces through the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program. Local law enforcement agencies in California and other states submit crime information, which is forwarded to the FBI.
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/cj_primer/cj_primer_013107.pdf

LAO Analysis of the 1997-98 Budget BillCapital Outlay Crosscutting Issues

Grants under both programs are based on a state's violent crime statistics, as reported to the FBI, in comparison to the rest of the country. In addition, no state can receive more than 9 percent of the total VOI grant funds or more than 25 percent of TIS grant funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1997/cap_outlay_crosscutting_anal97.html

California's Criminal Justice System: A Primer

Since 1930, the FBI has been charged with collecting and publishing reliable crime statistics for the nation, which it currently produces through the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program. Local law enforcement agencies in California and other states submit crime information, which is forwarded to the FBI.
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/cj_primer/cj_primer_013107.aspx

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - In March of 2004, on the heels of the dot ‑com bust, voters passed Proposition  58, which created the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA). In the 2006 ‑07 budget, the Legislature deposited $472  million into the BSA and in 2007 ‑08 deposited $1.5  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

^[PDF] 1970 Budget Analysis: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

In Our judgment, this project comes at an ideal time because California is just beginning to automate its own criminal history records and the need for standardization on a nation- wide basis is evident and necessary if the interchange of data regard- ing criminals is to be acomplished through a federal network such as the National Crime Information Center operated by the FBI.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1970/14_doj_1970.pdf