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

Feb 25, 2025 - Specifically, at a $3.6  million annual cost for SQRC alone, this additional staffing could cost around $100  million annually to implement statewide —particularly notable given the multiyear deficits facing the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

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

Apr 11, 2025 - The proposed formula has three different payments: (1)  a performance payment, (2)  a maintenance payment, and (3)  a minimum guarantee payment. These payments would determine each county ’s total SB  678 grant award.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Of these students, 418 (2.7  percent) had already earned 100 or more CCC units. Just over 100 of these students had already accumulated 150 or more units. Furthermore, of the 15,500  incarcerated CCC students enrolled in 2022 ‑23, 905 (5.8  percent) already had earned an associate degree in a prior year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - As shown in Figure  3, this results in total judicial branch-related CARE program funding of $47.4  million in 2024-25 increasing to $54.3  million annually beginning in 2025-26. Figure 3 Summary of Total CARE Program Funding General Fund (In Millions) Training, Data Collection, and Other Activities 20.2 $106.9 $107.6 CARE = Community Assistance, Recovery, and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor ’s budget proposes a one ‑time $ 100  m illion General Fund grant to local governments for WPC pilots —with the funds available until July 2025 —to fund housing and supportive services for individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, focusing on individuals with mental illness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

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

Jan 13, 2020 - While these proposals include some larger amounts, 95  p ercent of them —accounting for half of proposed spending —cost less than $ 100  m illion in 2020 ‑21. Put simply, the Governor ’s budget aims to address a large array of proposals, across many issue areas, with relatively small dollar amounts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects [Publication Details]

Feb 28, 2023 - This post: (1) provides background on common approaches to financing capital outlay projects, (2) identifies key trade-offs associated with the Governor’s approach to financing certain capital outlay projects in the 2023-24 budget, and (3) provides recommendations to the Legislature when considering capital outlay financing approaches.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4709

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

Feb 28, 2023 - This post: (1) provides background on common approaches to financing capital outlay projects, (2) identifies key trade-offs associated with the Governor’s approach to financing certain capital outlay projects in the 2023-24 budget, and (3) provides recommendations to the Legislature when considering capital outlay financing approaches.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Deferred Maintenance

May 15, 2018 - In addition, in contrast to proposals for many other departments, we find that the Governor ’s proposal to provide $100  million for deferred maintenance on the state ’s flood infrastructure is consistent with the conditions noted above that spending be targeted towards projects that are well justified, high priority, and clearly defined.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2020 - January 20, 2020: Upon further review, one item included in the original version of Appendix Figure 3 on discretionary on health spending should not have been included (specfically, use of the Medi-Cal drug rebate fund to offset General Fund costs).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4135