The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - This makes it difficult for the Legislature to determine whether it agrees with what monies are being considered for transfer back to th e General Fund. Second, the proposed language does not include any requirements for legislative notification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - This transfer can only occur 30 days after written notification is provided to th e Legislature. DOJ Required to Report in 2022 on Potential Funding Options Other Than General Fund. The  2021 ‑22 budget package required DOJ to provide a report by March  10, 2022 that identified various options —other than the General Fund —to support BFS annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Students have access to research databases, e ‑journals, magazine subscriptions, peer ‑reviewed articles, and e ‑books that can be used to complete course  assignments. New Federal Policy Resumes Pell Grants for Eligible Incarcerated Students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - In addition, cadets who accept or choose to work at one of 13 facilities would be eligible to receiv e a $5,000 bonus payment payable in two payments ($2,500 upon graduating from the academy and $2,500 30 days after reporting to the institution).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

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

Feb 27, 2023 - Despite this requirement, state law provides an exception that allows for prosecution of such crimes to commence more than ten years after commission of an offens e if a criminal complaint is filed within one year of the date on which the identity of a suspect is conclusively established by DNA testing as long as the DNA evidence was analyzed within two years from the date of the offense.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4714

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

Sep 26, 2022 - Th e budget package also changed state law to reduce the amount of civil assessment that could be imposed from a maximum of $300 to a maximum of $100. On net, these two changes require a $67  million backfill to maintain trial court funding levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625

The 2022-23 Budget: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training

Jan 31, 2022 - Th e additional administrative staff include six human resources positions, six information technology positions, five positions for accounting and procurement, and four positions for communications and Public Records Act requests.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4507

The 2022-23 Budget: Monitoring Correctional System Staff Misconduct Investigations

Feb 9, 2022 - (We note that there are two categories of grievances, health car e grievances and all other grievances, which we refer to in this post as regular grievances.) For example, an inmate might file a grievance arguing that the temperature inside his or her cell is excessively hot.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4520

State Corrections: Response to COVID-19

May 8, 2020 - However, CDCR has taken steps to reduce costs and expand access to other forms of external communication for inmates such as phone calls and e-mails. Screening of Individuals Authorized to Enter Prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4229

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - Such reporting could include broad descriptions of pending and upcoming workload by legal section, when cases were initiated, the estimated or actual number of hours required for these cases, the number of hours estimated to be availabl e to take on new cases or workload, and the potential remedies sought or achieved (such as the seeking and/or receipt of attorney fees or civil penalties).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701