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

Feb 23, 2026 - Adding More Licensing Exemptions for Those Who Work at Prisons. Currently, providers with out ‑of ‑state licenses are required to obtain a California license to work in CDCR, though some may use their out ‑of ‑state license on a temporary basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - First, the positions added to the easier ‑to ‑staff prisons would be more likely to be filled. Second, reducing the number of patients and vacant positions at the hard ‑to ‑staff facilities would mean the mental health staff remaining at those prisons would not be stretched as thin, which could improve retention and, possibly, recruitment at those prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

Jun 12, 2025 - Second, we discuss questions intended to assist the Legislature with monitoring key criminal justice system out comes and costs to help it assess whether the changes were successful. Oversight of Implementation Are Practitioners, Stakeholders, and the Public Aware of the Changes?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - (A second construction account was consolidated into the SCFCF in 2021 ‑22.) The SCFCF is used to support both the construction and maintenance of court facilities and is mainly supported by criminal and civil fines and fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - As  shown in Figure  6 , the proposed funding would support 11 budget proposals —including eight related to workload resulting from recently enacted  legislation. Figure 6 Summary of Governor ’s Firearm Workload Proposals Workload
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - For example, the 2023-24 budget package included $19.3  million in 2023-24 (decreasing to $6  million annually beginning in 2026-27) —mostly from the DROS Special Account —for the implementation of five pieces of enacted legislation, increased or new baseline workload, and the continuation of FITSM.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Second, although the Legislature does have the authority to set the level of the SFEU at any amount above zero, setting this amount too low is inadvisable. Consequently, the total surplus —$6  b illion —is larger than what ultimately will be available for new programs or expanded programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 24, 2025 - Local Grant Funding ($6  Million). The budget also includes $6  million General Fund in 2025-26 for DOJ to provide $2  million grants to the San Francisco City Attorney Office, Santa Clara County Counsel Office, and Los Angeles County Counsel Office for similar work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2021-22 Budget: State Correctional Population Outlook

Nov 19, 2020 - Second, various policy changes have been implemented that we estimate will further reduce the size of the overall state correctional population. For example, Chapter   590 o f 2019 (S B  136 , Wiener) eliminates a one ‑year term added to individuals ’ prison sentences (known as an enhancement) for prior offenses in certain cases.
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