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

Feb 23, 2026 - It would also be helpful to know whether any of the newly recruited CDCR menta l health staff declined offers from other state departments or did not apply to other state departments because of their lower pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Other Issues)

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The 2020-21 Budget: Effectively Managing State Prison Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2020 - For example, the 2016 ‑ 17 b udget included a $ 64  m illion General Fund augmentation and the 2019 ‑ 20 b udget included an additional $71. 3  m illion General Fund augmentation for CDCR rehabilitative programing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4186

The 2024-25 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 22, 2024 - Chapter  827 of 2022 (S B  1008 , Becker) specifies that CDCR shall provide accessible, functional voice calls free of charge. On January 1, 2023, CDCR began implementing this requirement by paying all charges accrued for voice calls.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852

Potential Impacts of Recent State Asset Forfeiture Changes

Jan 6, 2020 - As shown in Figure 3, federal distributions increased by 91 percent in 2018—from $57 million to $108.6 million. However, as shown in Figure 4, this significant increase in 2018 is due to an unnaturally large increase in U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4128

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

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The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

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The 2023-24 Budget: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 16, 2023 - As of January  18,  2023, CDCR was responsible for incarcerating a total of about 95,600   people —91 ,300  men, 3,900 women, and 400  nonbinary people. Most of these people —about 91, 000 —are housed in 1  of 32 prisons owned and operated by the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4686

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

Jun 12, 2025 - This could help deter people from engaging in retail theft if it causes them to perceive a higher l ikelihood of apprehension. We summarize these changes as  follows: Aggregation of Multiple Incidents of Theft.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

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