The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2020 - The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details] Overview of the Governor 's Budget January 13, 2020 The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget Format: HTML Description: This report presents our office’s initial assessment of the Governor’s budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4135

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - At the bottom of the figure, we display the total reserves planned for the end of 2020 ‑21 under the administration ’s estimates and assumptions. Under the Governor ’s proposed budget, the state would end 2020 ‑21 with $20. 5  b illion in total reserves.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Overview and Update on the Prison Receivership

Nov 8, 2023 - As shown in Figure  4 , the Receiver has delegated responsibility for care at 21 prisons to date. (We note that one of these prisons has been deactivated and two are scheduled to be deactivated.) Figure 4 Prisons Delegated Back to State 2015
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4813

State Corrections: Response to COVID-19

May 8, 2020 - In 2009, a federal three-judge panel —convened at the request of the plaintiffs in Coleman v. Newsom and Plata v. Newsom —declared that overcrowding was the primary reason that CDCR was unable to provide adequate health care and ordered the state to reduce the population of its prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4229

Overview of Cunningham v. California and Related Legislation [Publication Details]

Nov 9, 2010 - Overview of Cunningham v. California and Related Legislation [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2364

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 22, 2020 - This includes $11.6  million to pay for claims related to the Erskine Wildfire and $2.4  million to pay claims related to Buffin v. City and County of San Francisco . Budget Excludes Proposed Funding Reversion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4288

State Correctional Spending Increased Despite Significant Population Reductions

Feb 4, 2020 - In November 2006, plaintiffs in Coleman v. Newsom and Plata v. Newsom  filed motions for the federal courts to convene a three ‑judge panel pursuant to the U.S.  Prison Litigation Reform Act to determine whether ( 1)  p rison overcrowding was the primary cause of CDCR ’s inability to provide constitutionally adequate inmate health care and ( 2)  a prisoner release order was the only way to remedy these conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4145

The 2010-11 Budget: Prison Receivership Proposals Pose Significant Financial Risks [Publication Details]

Mar 16, 2010 - The 2010-11 Budget: Prison Receivership Proposals Pose Significant Financial Risks [Publication Details] Perspectives and Issues (Major Analyses) March 16, 2010 The 2010-11 Budget: Prison Receivership Proposals Pose Significant Financial Risks Format: HTML Description: In February 2006, the federal court in the Plata v.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2226

The 2017-18 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Mar 1, 2017 - Coleman v. Brown In 1995, a federal court ruled in the case now referred to as Coleman v. Brown that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) was not providing constitutionally adequate mental health care to its inmates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3595

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

Feb 16, 2023 - (For more information on prison infrastructure, please see our February 2020 report The 2020‑21 Budget: Effectively Managing State Prison Infrastructure.) State ‑Owned Prisons Subject to Court ‑Ordered Population Limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4686