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

Feb 25, 2025 - Patients are supposed to be transferred to an APP within 72 hours of the referral, but no more than ten days after the referral and can generally stay up to 45 days. Currently, there are 489 APP beds, all of which are in state prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - New and Ongoing Efforts to Achieve Efficiencies Department of Finance (DOF) Contract to Implement Operational Improvements. The 2025-26 budget package includes up to $20  million for DOF to enter into one or more new contracts to implement operational improvements that allow the state to reduce state operations expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Apr 11, 2025 - The BSCC budget would have to increase t o account for its new duties related to the grant. We estimate that this could require a few million dollars annually. We note that this amount could be paid from the state savings created by the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - The administration currently estimates that the payback period for this building will be much shorter —45 years. (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.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - In addition, the budget package includes language that would allow the Department of Finance to make payments from the General Fund for any fines related to staffing vacancies in the Coleman v. Newsom court case related to the provision of prison mental health care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

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

Feb 28, 2023 - To the extent the Legislature authorizes new lease revenue bonds for projects, we recommend the Legislature provide clear direction to the administration regarding which source of funds it intends to use to make debt service payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - In addition to lengthening the duration of leave, the spending plan also reduces the reserve requirement for the Disability Fund, which co llects payroll taxes and pays disability and paid family leave benefits, from 45  percent of disbursements to 30  percent of disbursements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

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

Jan 13, 2020 - While the Legislature could set this fund balance to any amount greater than zero, since 2015 ‑ 16 t he state has enacted balances in the SFEU of around $1. 5  b illion. $1.6   Billion in Ongoing Spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - In addition, solar panels are more effective in areas that are not shaded by nearby trees, and thus on ‑site solar can require the removal of existing trees or prevent the planting of new trees. For example, the ZNE project implemented by the Department of Public Health required the removal of roughly 700 t rees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Developing new space and utilization standards, however, could take more time. In addition, the Legislature likely would want to phase in any funding formula changes to ensure colleges have time to adjust their practices in response to the new fiscal incentives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913