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

Jan 13, 2020 - Our office estimated the full ‑year savings —in 2022 ‑ 23 —of suspending these expenditures was $1. 7  b illion. The augmentations subject to suspensions were in a variety of state programs, including In ‑Home Supportive Services, developmental services, and Medi ‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Overview of State Correctional Population and Spending Trends [Publication Details]

Mar 18, 2026 - Presented to: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5161

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

Feb 23, 2026 - CDCR reports that from 2020 ‑21 to 2024 ‑25, it paid about $130  million annually on average in these payments. Accordingly, the proposal would provide dedicated funding for a portion of the department ’s expected annual costs of these payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Specifically, the number of people incarcerated in either state prison or county jail declined by about 14,000 (7  percent) between 2014 and 2015 and by about 44,000  (22  percent) between 2019 and 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - Put another way, $12  billion  of spending in the May Revision is attributable to reserve withdrawals and borrowing from 2020 (see Figure  7). Figure 7 Governor Still Uses Budget Solutions Despite Historic Revenue Growth Budget Solutions From 2020 Maintained in 2021 May Revision (In Billions) Reserve Withdrawals Make Budget Stabilization Account withdrawal $7.8 Make Safety Net Reserve withdrawal 0.5
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - Specifically, this includes $17  million in 2018 ‑19, $7  million in 2020 ‑21, $17  million in 2021 ‑22, and $17  million in 2022 ‑23. Shriver Program. The 2020 ‑21 budget included $11  million in ongoing funding from the TCTF to reflect the additional amount of revenue available to support the program after Chapter  217 of 2019 (AB  330,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - These funds would be allocated to school districts based on their share of statewide enrollment in grades 7 to 12. The budget package also required school districts to certify by July 2029 that a certain portion of their staff who work directly with students in grades 7 to 12 have received youth behavioral health training at least once.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

State Corrections: Response to COVID-19

May 8, 2020 - As of May 7 2020 there was 1 COVID-19 related inmate death and 447 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among inmates, including 23 inmates who have since recovered. In addition, self-reported data indicate that 169 staff members tested positive for COVID-19 (166 prison staff members and 3 staff members at juvenile facilities).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4229

The 2021-22 Budget: State Correctional Population Outlook

Nov 19, 2020 - Since July 2020, the state has allocated $7. 1  m illion for this purpose. Due to the continued pandemic, our projections assume that the inmate population will remain around 100, 000 i n the near term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4304

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - The Governor ’s budget estimates that the backfill for all the funds will total $7. 9  m illion in 2020 ‑21 and will reach $55. 8  m illion in 2024 ‑25. Under the proposal, the exact of amount of this backfill would be adjusted annually to address whatever the actual loss in revenue is determined to be.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362