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

Jan 13, 2020 - At the bottom of the figure, we display the total reserves planned for the end of 2020 ‑21 under the administration ’s estimates and assumptions. Under the Governor ’s proposed budget, the state would end 2020 ‑21 with $20. 5  b illion in total reserves.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - Specifically, this includes $17  million in 2018 ‑19, $7  million in 2020 ‑21, $17  million in 2021 ‑22, and $17  million in 2022 ‑23. Shriver Program. The 2020 ‑21 budget included $11  million in ongoing funding from the TCTF to reflect the additional amount of revenue available to support the program after Chapter  217 of 2019 (AB  330,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - The budget proposes $11  million one ‑time General Fund to relocate 24 courtrooms out of leased space in Los Angeles County. The lease will not be extended as the building is expected to be sold. Of this amount, $4.6  million would be used to relocate 17 courtrooms into six existing courthouses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 23, 2026 - CDCR reports that from 2020 ‑21 to 2024 ‑25, it paid about $130  million annually on average in these payments. Accordingly, the proposal would provide dedicated funding for a portion of the department ’s expected annual costs of these payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - The proposed budget would provide DOJ with a total of 6,093 positions in 2026-27, a decrease of 11 positions (or less th an 1  percent) from the revised 2025-26 level. Figure 1 Department of Justice Budget Summary (Dollars in Millions) Funding for Firearm-Related Workload Background Bureau of Firearms (BOF) Primarily Responsible for Regulating and Enforcing State ’s Firearm and Ammunition Laws.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

Jun 12, 2025 - Over the entire ten ‑year period —2014 to 2023 —reported retail theft increased by about 11  percent, though some counties experienced differing trends. Despite the statewide increase, reported retail theft remains well below historical highs that occurred in the 1980s.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 24, 2025 - This reduction is $11  million more than the revised 2024-25 level. General Fund Operational Solutions. The budget reflects various General Fund adjustments to judicial branch operations to help address the state ’s budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - As of November 2020, six courts offered the online ability ‑to ‑pay component of the pilot tool. A seventh court began offering this component in January 2021. The judicial branch reports that a total of nearly 11, 000 r equests were submitted (with nearly 77  p ercent approved) by 6, 865 l itigants between April 2019 and October 2020 across five out of six courts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 22, 2020 - Department of Justice (DOJ) The budget provides $753  million for support of DOJ in 2020 ‑21 —an increase of $11  million (or 1.5  percent) from the revised 2019 ‑20 level. This amount includes $372  million from the General Fund —a net increase of $11  million (or 3  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4288

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

May 17, 2021 - (In addition, the Constitution requires the state to set aside $11  billion for reserves and debt payments. We also describe those below.) One-Time Spending The Governor proposes spending $25  billion of General Fund surplus monies on a one-time or temporary basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432