The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - The judicial branch currently manages around 430 facilities across all 58 counties. Its facility program is responsible for various activities including maintaining these facilities, managing leases, and constructing new courthouses to replace outdated facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

State Correctional Spending Increased Despite Significant Population Reductions

Feb 4, 2020 - Whereas each position cost CDCR an average of $110, 000 i n 2010 ‑11, each position cost CDCR an average of $158, 000 i n 2018 ‑19, a 43  p ercent increase —nearly triple the rate of inflation. Increased Pension Benefit Costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4145

The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - This amount consists of funds that are encumbered ($157  million), statutorily excluded ($110  million), designated for prepayments or other purposes ($108  million), or held by Judicial Council on behalf of the trial courts for specific projects ($27  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

Judicial Branch Actions Responding to COVID-19

May 6, 2020 - At the time this post was prepared, the Chief Justice also approved numerous emergency orders requested by the Supreme Court, each of the state ’s six Courts of Appeal, and 54 of 58 trial courts. These orders made various changes in the way the courts requesting them operate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4227

The California State Bar: Considerations for a Fee Increase

Jun 26, 2019 - For example, the State Bar calculated that intake activities average 110 m inutes per case while enforcement activities average 3, 332 m inutes per case. The State Bar then examined historical data to identify patterns between the number of filled OCTC positions and the median amount of time required to close a case (disposition time).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4080

The 2017-18 Budget: Trial Courts and the County Office of Education General Fund Offset

Feb 16, 2017 - Each of California ’s 58 counties has a COE. COEs oversee the budgets and academic plans of school districts within their jurisdictions. Many COEs also operate certain alternative schools and provide various optional services to school districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3567

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - The judicial branch currently manages around 435  facilities across all 58 counties. Its facility program is responsible for various activities including maintaining these facilities, managing leases, and constructing new courthouses to replace outdated facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

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

Feb 23, 2026 - For example, the California Department of Health Care Access and Information in 2022 estimated that there would be a shortage of psychiatrists and behavioral health providers in all 58 California counties by 2025, with 27 prisons located in counties experiencing high or severe shortages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2023-24 Budget: Judicial Branch Budget Proposals

Feb 10, 2023 - The judicial branch currently manages around 450 facilities across all 58 counties. Its facility program is responsible for various activities including maintaining these facilities, managing leases, and constructing new courthouses to replace outdated facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4673

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Each of California ’s 58 c ounties has a COE. COEs oversee the budgets and academic plans of school districts within their jurisdictions, operate certain alternative schools, and provide various optional services to school districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362