The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - Of the total $70.4  million provided to BOF in 2025-26, $36.2  million (or 51  percent) was from the General Fund and $34.2  million (or 49  percent) was from various special funds. A large portion of the General Fund support is used to support the Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS) enforcement teams, which seize firearms from people prohibited from owning or possessing them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

The 2017-18 Budget: Department of State Hospitals (DSH)

Feb 22, 2017 - Acute Psychiatric Programs (APPs). APPs provide shorter-term, intensive treatment for inmates who show signs of a major mental illness or higher-level symptoms of a chronic mental illness. Currently, there are 372 APP beds, all of which are in state prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3578

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - For example, in court documents, CDCR estimated that the staff fill rate for ICF and APP beds in June would have been 98  percent for psychiatrists (instead of 81  percent), 73  percent for psychologists (instead of 52  percent), 105  percent for social workers (instead of 82  percent), and 127  percent for recreational therapists (instead of 101  percent) had all 249  inpatient beds been deactivated that month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 17, 2019 - Department of Justice (DOJ) The budget provides $757  million for support of DOJ in 2019-20 —an increase of $51  million (or 7  percent) for the revised 2018-19 level. This amount includes $333  million from the General Fund —a net increase of $39  million (or 13  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4097

The 2017-18 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Mar 1, 2017 - Acute Psychiatric Programs (APPs). APPs provide shorter-term, intensive treatment for inmates who show signs of a major mental illness or higher level symptoms of a chronic mental illness. Currently, there are 372 APP beds, all of which are in state prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3595

The 2018-19 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 27, 2018 - The population is expected to continue increasing until it reaches a peak of 51, 000 p arolees in 2019 ‑20. This increase is largely driven by Proposition  57. However, this increase is expected to be temporary and the parolee population is expected to decline by 1,000 (or 2  p ercent) from 2019 ‑ 20 t o 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3762

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - Most of the General Fund is used to support the Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS) enforcement teams, which seize firearms from individuals prohibited from owning or possessing them. This has been the case since 2019 ‑20 when the budget package shifted full support of these teams over to the General  Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Public Safety Package

Feb 17, 2022 - As previously discussed, APPS identified nearly 23,600 armed and prohibited persons as of January 2021. The 2021 ‑22 budget provided $10  million one ‑time General Fund to DOJ ’s Gun  Violence Reduction Program for competitive grants to county sheriff ’s departments to reduce the number of armed and prohibited persons by seizing firearms and ammunition from them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

The 2023-24 Budget: Judicial Branch Budget Proposals

Feb 10, 2023 - This additional time could be needed for various reasons, including to ensure that all participants have the ability to be heard (which could simply require more time and resources) or to address conflicting interpretations or app lication of the language (which could be resolved legislatively or through statewide Judicial Council guidance).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4673

The 2023-24 Budget: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training—Office of Administrative Hearing Costs

Feb 13, 2023 - Further, as of January 2023, POST had filled nearly half of the 51 positions across its four Decertification Unit bureaus that are responsible for conducting the decertification investigations, prosecutions, and administrative proceedings against peace officers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4677