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various activities including maintaining these facilities, managing leases, and constructing new courthouses to replace outdated facilities.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 - As a result, CDCR spending on inmate health care increased by about $1. 4  b illion ( 66  p ercent) —from about $2. 2  b illion in 2010 ‑ 11 t o an estimated $3. 6  b illion in 2019 ‑20. Much of this increase is due to increased staffing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4145

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

Feb 16, 2017 - We refer to this as a COE ’s “excess property tax. ” Figure 1 illustrates this concept for two COEs with the same annual LCFF allotment of $100 million. The first COE receives a combination of property tax revenue and state aid to meet its LCFF allotment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3567

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

Feb 23, 2026 - This reflects a $6  million increase (nearly 1  percent) from the revised 2025 ‑26 level. While this is a modest increase, Figure  7 shows that costs for mental health have increased by over $100  million since 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The California State Bar: Considerations for a Fee Increase

Jun 26, 2019 - The State Bar seeks to cover $19. 8  m illion in increased ongoing costs by proposing a $ 100 o ngoing mandatory increase to the renewal fee for its active State Bar members beginning January 1, 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4080

Judicial Branch Actions Responding to COVID-19

May 6, 2020 - The judicial branch consists of (1)  statewide courts (the Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal), (2)  local trial courts in each of the state ’s 58 counties, and (3)  statewide entities of the judicial branch (the Judicial Council, the Judicial Council Facility Program, and the Habeas Corpus Resource Center).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4227

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - Both components of the Governor ’s proposed augmentation provide Judicial Council with complete discretion over (1)  what the funds are used for and (2)  how the funds are allocated to the trial courts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - Second, the EAF Program provides grants to more than 100 legal services providers (such as Legal Aid) across the state to support legal services or assistance to low-income or self-represented people.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - At the time of this publication, the mental health Receiver had approved CDCR ’s request to close 100 excess inpatient beds and was deliberating on whether to deactivate additional excess inpatient beds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2020-21 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 18, 2020 - Such changes include ( 1)  a pilot program approved in 2018 ‑ 19 t o shift up to 76 young adults from prison to juvenile facilities and ( 2)  t he implementation of Proposition  57 (201 6) w hich placed restrictions on the circumstances in which a youth could be tried as an adult.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4164