The 2023-24 Budget: Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Testing Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - Specifically, the Commission found that this statutory change imposed new state-mandated activities and costs on county and city law enforcement agencies —but not K-12 school district or community college district law enforcement agencies —in order for the time frames to be met.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4714

The California State Bar: Assessment of Proposed Disciplinary Case Processing Standards

Jan 6, 2023 - As shown in Figure  13 , backlog data reported in 2020 under the prior state definition demonstrates that at least half of cases remained open longer than one year after complaint receipt. About 20  percent to 25  percent of cases remained open for more than two years —including some that were pending for more than five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4655

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Most notably, the Governor provides a combined $ 900  m illion for six programs aimed at improving school employee training, recruitment, and retention. The budget also provides $ 600  m illion for two new grant programs: (1) $ 300  m illion for grants to help low ‑performing schools and districts improve their performance and (2) $ 300  m illion for
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Potential Impacts of Recent State Asset Forfeiture Changes

Jan 6, 2020 - For example, the federal data are generally based on the federal fiscal year (which begins in October) while the state data are based on the calendar year, or the state fiscal year (which beings in July).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4128

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Justice Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Such factors include: (1)  the maximum per transaction fee desired, (2)  how quickly the $25  million General Fund start ‑up loan should be repaid, and (3)  when the desired fee increase should take effect.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4527

Analysis of the 1988 State Bar Association Budget [Publication Details]

Jun 1, 1987 - Our office has prepared the following analysis of the 1988 calendar year budget proposed by the bar in order to facilitate the Legislature's review of legislation establishing the level of fees for bar members for calendar 1988.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/380

The 2017-18 Budget: Trial Courts and the County Office of Education General Fund Offset

Feb 16, 2017 - COEs oversee the budgets and academic plans of school districts within their jurisdictions. Many COEs also operate certain alternative schools and provide various optional services to school districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3567

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice [Publication Details]

Oct 16, 2023 - The 2023-24 budget provides $18.6 billion from the General Fund for judicial and criminal justice programs, including support for program operations and capital outlay projects. This is a decrease of $1.2 billion, or 6 percent, below the revised 2022-23 spending level. A large portion of this reduction is due to the expiration of limited-term funding provided in previous years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4805

The 2023-24 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details]

Oct 2, 2023 - Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The final version of Overview of the California Spending Plan is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2023-24 budget package. As these posts become available, we will add them below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4835

The 2017‑18 Budget: Implementation of Proposition 57

Apr 6, 2017 - If the person has   two or more previous  serious or violent felony convictions, the sentence for   any new   serious or violent felony conviction is a life term with the earliest possible parole after 25 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3648