AB1844: Fiscal Analysis [Publication Details]

May 12, 2010 - AB1844: Fiscal Analysis [Publication Details] PDF Description: We were requested by a Member of the Legislature to do a fiscal analysis of AB 1844, as amended on April 28, 2010. As is our standard practice, we also shared our response with the author of the bill, Assembly Member Nathan Fletcher.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2283

Default Prove-Up Process, Chapter 193, Statutes of 2011 (AB 110, Blumenfield) [Publication Details]

Jul 18, 2014 - Default Prove-Up Process, Chapter 193, Statutes of 2011 (AB 110, Blumenfield) [Publication Details] Default Prove-Up Process, Chapter 193, Statutes of 2011 (AB 110, Blumenfield) Format: PDF Description: In recent years, various concerns have been raised regarding the state’s “default prove-up process”—a trial court process related to certain civil cases involving the collection of debt.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3047

Community Corrections [Publication Details]

Feb 1, 1991 - Community Corrections [Publication Details] PDF Description: Expenditures to support the state's growing prison and parole populations continue to increase at a rapid rate. In addition, the state currently has a limited range of punishment options for many criminal offenders.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/381

The Prison Construction Program [Publication Details]

Sep 13, 1983 - The Prison Construction Program [Publication Details] PDF Description: Statement to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means on SB 422 which appropriates $172.5 million for projects intended to increase the capacity of the state's correctional system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3437

Crime in California [Publication Details]

Jan 1, 1994 - Crime in California [Publication Details] PDF Description: In recent years, the Legislature and Governor have enacted numerous laws to respond to the public's concerns with crime in California, including measures to stiffen penalties for existing criminal offenses, define new criminal offenses, construct new correctional facilities, and provide financial assistance to law enforcement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/99

Status Check: Accommodating Prison Population Growth [Publication Details]

Jan 6, 1995 - Status Check: Accommodating Prison Population Growth [Publication Details] Status Check: Accommodating Prison Population Growth Format: PDF Description: The California Department of Corrections (CDC) projects that the state prison population will grow by almost 70 percent in the next five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3068

The Trial Court Funding Program: Financial Implications [Publication Details]

Jan 1, 1988 - The Trial Court Funding Program: Financial Implications [Publication Details] The Trial Court Funding Program: Financial Implications Format: PDF Description: Our focus in this report is the identification of the Trial Court Funding Program's financial implications, both in the short term and in the long term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/395

Funding for Trial Courts In the Current Year [Publication Details]

Nov 1, 1996 - Funding for Trial Courts In the Current Year [Publication Details] Funding for Trial Courts In the Current Year Format: PDF Description: The 1996-97 Budget Act includes $1.6 billion for support of superior and municipal courts (referred to as the state's "trial courts") in' 1996-97 and assumes enactment of the Governor's proposal to consolidate and restructure the Trial Court Funding Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2771

Trial Court Funding [Publication Details]

Mar 1, 1993 - Trial Court Funding [Publication Details] PDF Description: The Trial Court Realignment and Efficiency Act of 1991 modified the Trial Court Funding Program, enacted by Ch 945/88 (SB 612, Presley), and significantly changed state-local funding relationship for support of the trial courts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1950

California's Jails and Juvenile Detention Facilities [Publication Details]

Feb 1, 1997 - California's Jails and Juvenile Detention Facilities [Publication Details] California's Jails and Juvenile Detention Facilities Format: PDF Description: Changes in California's population, increasing numbers of persons arrested for crimes, and changes in law have had significant impacts on local correctional facilities for adult and juvenile offenders.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2757