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

Feb 27, 2023 - Evidence Tested at Various Laboratories. SAE and RADS kits may be tested in state, local, or private laboratories. The Department of Justice ’s Bureau of Forensic Services (BFS) provides criminal laboratory services —including DNA testing as well as SAE and RADS kits testing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4714

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - In contrast, such a test that generated outcomes that were not effective or did not meet legislative expectations or priorities would demonstrate that ongoing funding was not merited. However, this flexibility can make it difficult to monitor how resources provided to support DOJ ’s legal workload are used over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701

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

Oct 24, 2025 - In addition, the budget provides $5  million one time to support initial implementation of Chapter  576 of 2022 (AB  778, E. Garcia), which requires CDCR to ensure that at least 60  percent of the agricultural food products that it purchases are grown or produced in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - To help ensure sufficient revenues would be available to support BOF workload, Chapter  736 of 2019 (AB  1669, Bonta) enabled DOJ to increase the DROS fee charged from $19 to $31.19. For a couple years after this fee increase, revenues generally exceeded expenditures —thereby allowing the fund balance to steadily grow.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - In contrast, counties and cities that use their own resources to support their labs —or those that decide they want to pay a private laboratory for testing —have a greater incentive to carefully prioritize what evidence should be tested and how quickly it should be done.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

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

Jun 12, 2025 - People who organize others to engage in retail theft can be charged with a felony, regardless of the dollar amount involved. ✘ ✘ Chapter 168 of 2024 (AB 2943, Zbur) Establishes “unlawful deprivation of a retail business opportunity ” as a specific crime, punishable as a felony.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 26, 2022 - Some of the major adjustments include the following: $240.1 million one time ($198.9 million California Emergency Relief Fund [CERF] and $41.2 million in reimbursement authority) for COVID-19 response and mitigation ‑related activities, such as testing and vaccine distribution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625

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

Feb 16, 2023 - These changes are the net effect of (1)  various population ‑driven adjustments based on existing methodologies and (2)  a proposed increase in funding for toxicology testing based on a newly proposed methodology.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4686

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - This amount consists of the following: $65  million annually for five years associated with 20 administrative fees eliminated by Chapter  92 of 2020 (AB  1869, Committee on Budget) as of July 2021. These fees are generally related to arrest and booking, indigent criminal defense, and alternative to incarceration programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460

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

Feb 22, 2024 - Figure 8 Proposed Level of Ongoing Funding for CDCR COVID ‑19 Response Statewide testing
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852