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

Jun 12, 2025 - Increased Term Lengths for Retail Crime. Some law changes increase the length of sentences or supervision for certain retail theft crimes. The  most significant changes include: Misdemeanor Probation Term for Shoplifting.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

Restructuring the Court-Ordered Debt Collection Process - Restructuring the Court-Ordered Debt Collection Process [Video]

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Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Those departments may seek increases in compensation to ensure their pay remains competitive with CDCR —potentially adding still more costs to the state. Extending Licensing Exemptions to Out‑of‑State Licensed Providers State Licensing Policies Limit Pool of Potential Providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

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

The 2021-22 Budget: State Correctional Population Outlook

Nov 19, 2020 - 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. Adult Inmate Population Inmate Population Currently Low Due to COVID ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4304?utm_source=laowww&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4304

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - For example, one potential funding option discussed in the report was to increase the specific fee added when individuals are convicted of criminal offenses which generates the revenue deposited into the DNA Identification Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2024-25 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 22, 2024 - The projected decrease in the parole population is primarily due to recent policy changes that have reduced the length of time people spend on parole by allowing them to be discharged earlier than  otherwise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Given that the results of the recommended data and studies have the potential to notably improve legislative decision ‑making on prison postsecondary education policy and programs moving forward, we believe the added administrative workload is warranted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 22, 2020 - These proposals include: $71  million in increased funding for county probation departments due to various statutory changes, including requiring increased county supervision of certain misdemeanor probationers and reducing the length of felony and misdemeanor probation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4288

Improving In-Prison Rehabilitation Programs

Dec 6, 2017 - (We note that rehabilitation programs vary in length, such as from three months for some CBT programs to over a year for some CTE programs.) Recommendations to Maximize Recidivism Reduction from Rehabilitation Programs In this report, we reviewed California ’s in ‑prison rehabilitation programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3720