The 2023-24 Budget: Increased Federal Authority For State Crisis Intervention Program

Feb 22, 2023 - Pilot programs that measure impacts across multiple cities and counties within California could help the Legislature assess whether such programs are cost-effective and merit being expanded statewide if sufficient resources are available in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4697

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 22, 2020 - (We note that the Governor ’s January budget had a similar proposal to replace roofs at Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City, but the administration withdrew this proposal as part of the May Revision.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4288

Sheriff Court-Security Services Mandate

May 27, 2016 - Historically, the state deferred many mandate reimbursements to cities, counties, and special districts. Proposition  1A (2004) required the state to either (1) appropriate funds in the budget bill to pay outstanding claims for a mandate, or (2) suspend or repeal the mandate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3478

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - The funds will be transferred soon, but the state has until December 31, 2024 to use the funds. The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently released detailed guidance with more detail on how these funds can be used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2022-23 Budget: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training

Jan 31, 2022 - POST is an 18 ‑member commission responsible for overseeing standards and training for certain California peace officers, including city police and county sheriff ’s deputies. Specifically, POST is responsible for setting minimum selection and training standards, developing and running law enforcement training programs, improving law enforcement management practices, and reimbursing local law enforcement for training.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4507

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor ’s budget provides $ 31  m illion from the General Fund in 2019 ‑ 20 —to be expended over a few years —to backfill wildfire ‑related property tax loses for cities, counties, and special districts associated with certain major wildfires that have occurred since 2015.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2016-17 Budget: Fiscal Impacts of Proposition 47

Feb 12, 2016 - Regardless of the administration ’s ultimate decision on the transfer amount, the Legislature could chose to provide additional funding to the programs funded by the SNSF. How to Pay for SNSF Deposit in 2016–17?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3352

The 2017‑18 Budget: Implementation of Proposition 57

Apr 6, 2017 - Proposition  57 changed statute to require that all youths have a hearing in juvenile court before they can be transferred to adult court. As a result, prosecutors can no longer file charges directly in adult court and no youths can have their cases heard in adult court on a mandatory basis due to the circumstances of the offense.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3648

Improving California’s Criminal Fine and Fee System

Jan 5, 2016 - For example, cities have complete control on how they use the share of their fine and fee revenue that is deposited into their General Funds and are not required to report to the Legislature on how such monies are used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3322

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - Specifically, it includes $48.5  million one-time General Fund for planning and pre-construction activities for seven projects (Butte Juvenile Hall, Lake Lakeport, Los Angeles Master Plan, Mendocino Ukiah, Monterey Fort Ord, Nevada Nevada City, and San Bernardino Juvenile Dependency).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460