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

Feb 16, 2017 - Adjusting the estimate of the trial court offset in 2017-18 upward by $8 million to account for property tax growth in 2016-17 would provide the Legislature with additional General Fund (non-Proposition 98) resources above the level assumed in the Governor ’s budget.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3567

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various activities including maintaining these facilities, managing leases, and constructing new courthouses to replace outdated facilities.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

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 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

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

Feb 23, 2026 - Figure 8 Receiver ’s Action Plan Outlines Goals and Actions to Improve Mental Health Care Goal 1 Improve Mental Health Care Delivery Through Culture Change and Effective Management Selected Actions Implement a comprehensive communications strategy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

State Correctional Spending Increased Despite Significant Population Reductions

Feb 4, 2020 - This change, adopted as part of the 2017 ‑ 18 b udget package, was intended to improve care primarily by streamlining the process of transferring inmates into the program. The shift resulted in a roughly 1, 400 p osition increase in CDCR health care staffing and a $ 260  m illion increase in CDCR spending between 2016 ‑17 and 2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4145

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 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - We recommend the Legislature modify the Governor ’s proposal to shift $8  million in BOF costs from the DROS Special Account to the General Fund annually through 2028-29. Specifically, we recommend approving this shift for only one year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

The 2020-21 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 18, 2020 - To support the reorganization of DJJ into DYCR, the 2019 ‑ 20 b udget included $1. 2  m illion General Fund and 8. 8  p ositions in 2019 ‑20 (increasing to $1. 8  m illion and 12  p ositions annually beginning in 2020 ‑21).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4164

The 2016-17 Budget: Governor’s Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 22, 2016 - This is a net increase of $20  million, or 9  percent, from the 2015 –16 Budget Act , based on the following adjustments: An $8  million increase based on an estimated 4.9  percent increase in the price of these drugs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3359