The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget includes $100  million one-time General Fund to backfill anticipated reductions in federal VOCA funding. This amount is similar to the amount provided in 2024-25 ($103  million). These funds support various OES victim grant programs and are intended to allow existing programs to maintain current service levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - Specifically, at a $3.6  million annual cost for SQRC alone, this additional staffing could cost around $100  million annually to implement statewide —particularly notable given the multiyear deficits facing the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - As shown in Figure  3, this results in total judicial branch-related CARE program funding of $47.4  million in 2024-25 increasing to $54.3  million annually beginning in 2025-26. Figure 3 Summary of Total CARE Program Funding General Fund (In Millions) Training, Data Collection, and Other Activities 20.2 $106.9 $107.6 CARE = Community Assistance, Recovery, and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Of these students, 418 (2.7  percent) had already earned 100 or more CCC units. Just over 100 of these students had already accumulated 150 or more units. Furthermore, of the 15,500  incarcerated CCC students enrolled in 2022 ‑23, 905 (5.8  percent) already had earned an associate degree in a prior year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - The proposed formula has three different payments: (1)  a performance payment, (2)  a maintenance payment, and (3)  a minimum guarantee payment. These payments would determine each county ’s total SB  678 grant award.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Deferred Maintenance

May 15, 2018 - Instead, the budget requires the Department of Finance (DOF) to provide a list of projects to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) 30 days prior to allocating funds to a department. Subsequent to the allocation of funds, departments may change their list of projects subject to approval by DOF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor ’s budget proposes a one ‑time $ 100  m illion General Fund grant to local governments for WPC pilots —with the funds available until July 2025 —to fund housing and supportive services for individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, focusing on individuals with mental illness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - These special funds include the High Polluter Repair or Removal Account ($60  million), Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund ($30  million), Board of Registered Nursing Fund ($30  million), Barbering and Cosmetology Contingent Fund ($25  million), Accountancy Fund ($10  million), State Dentistry Fund ($5  million), Enhanced Fleet Modernization Subaccount of the
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - Assuming a bond carries a 5  percent interest rate, the total cost of paying the debt over a 30-year period is close to $2 for each $1 borrowed —$1 for repaying the amount borrowed and close to $1 for interest.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - (We note that this is a revised estimate from the 30 years identified in the department ’s budget proposal, which DGS subsequently determined included certain errors.) Based on our review, however, DGS ’ 45-year estimate is based on some assumptions that do not appear to be realistic, including: No Discounting of Future Savings and Costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758