The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - The Governor ’s budget includes nearly $3  billion in reductions, the largest of which is withdrawing a discretionary principal payment on state ’s unemployment insurance loan (which otherwise is paid by employers ’ payroll taxes).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

Realignment of Parole Could Improve Public Safety and Help Address Budget Shortfall [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - We propose a nearly $500 million realignment of responsibility for supervision of low-level criminal offenders from the state parole system to county probation. Funding for parole realignment would come from a reallocation of waste and water district property taxes, city Proposition 172 sales taxes, and vehicle license fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1740

Proposition 172—How Did it Affect Spending for Public Safety [Publication Details]

Jun 9, 1994 - On November 2, 1993, California voters enacted Proposition 172, which established a permanent statewide half-cent sales tax for support of local public safety functions in cities and counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/216

Overview and Update on the Prison Receivership

Nov 8, 2023 - Since that time, the state implemented various policy changes —such as shifting responsibility for various felony populations from the state to the counties through the 2011 realignment —that significantly reduced the prison population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4813

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

Jan 31, 2022 - The job requirements of a peace officer can be physically, mentally, and emotionally taxing. This is because officers can face dangerous situations, work late night shifts, and have repeat exposure to violent situations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4507

The 2023-24 Budget: Office of the State Public Defender

Feb 15, 2023 - The mission of the office was expanded in 2020 to include representation in trial court indigent defense cases —which is in addition to the representation provided by county public defenders and indigent defense counsel.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4680

The 2012-13 Budget: Completing Juvenile Justice Realignment [Publication Details]

Feb 15, 2012 - The Governor would provide counties with an unspecified level of funding to manage wards who would otherwise have been committed to DJJ after that date, as well as $10 million in planning grants in the current year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2562

The 2017-18 Budget: Department of State Hospitals (DSH)

Feb 22, 2017 - Under these programs, DSH contracts with counties to provide restoration treatment in county jails. JBCT programs are designed for patients who do not require the intensive level of inpatient treatment provided in state hospitals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3578

2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Criminal Justice Realignment [Publication Details]

Jan 27, 2009 - In particular, we propose that the state shift to counties programs for juvenile offenders and adults convicted of drug possession crimes. Under our realignment concept, counties would have broad authority to manage juvenile and drug–addicted adult offenders programs to achieve success.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1913

State Corrections: Response to COVID-19

May 8, 2020 - On March  24, 2020, the Governor issued Executive Order N-36 ‑20, which directed the Secretary of CDCR to temporarily suspend intake to state prison —meaning inmates sentenced to state prison will instead remain in county jail until the suspension is lifted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4229