The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 24, 2025 - This is a net decrease of $662  million (5  percent) from the revised 2024-25 level. This decrease reflects various reductions, such as those associated with anticipated operational savings, the expiration of limited-term funding provided in prior years, and the ramp up in savings from a previously authorized prison deactivation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Other Issues)

Jun 19, 2015 - Some of these augmentations include (1)  $90.1  million for trial court operations (reflects a second 5  percent General Fund increase initially approved as part of the 2014‑15 budget), (2)  $38.8  million for increased trial court health benefit and retirement costs, (3)  $35.3  million to backfill an expected decline in fine and fee revenue that support trial court operations, and (4)  $11  million to reduce dependency counsel caseload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3278

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - It also directs DOJ require licensed firearms dealers charge a fee of up to $5 per check (not to exceed actual processing costs). This fee may be increased annually by up to $1, but may not exceed actual costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - Specifically related to self-help centers, the 2018 ‑19 budget provided $19  million General Fund annually for three years to supplement $11  million in existing support from the Trial Court Trust Fund (TCTF, $6.2  million) and Improvement and Modernization Fund ($5  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - These solutions yielded General Fund savings of $11  billion through 2025 ‑26. The Governor ’s budget reduces this amount by $1.3  billion through 2025 ‑26. The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Overview of Trial Court Construction and Facility Maintenance [Publication Details]

Feb 26, 2026 - Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5111

State Correctional Spending Increased Despite Significant Population Reductions

Feb 4, 2020 - For example, correctional staff —which make up half of CDCR employees —received pay increases ranging from 3  p ercent to 5  p ercent in all but one of the past seven fiscal years. (We note that many of the pay increases during this time period were established in labor agreements that also increased employee contribution rates to fund retirement benefits.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4145

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

May 17, 2021 - As shown in Figure  5, the Governor proposes allocating nearly $10  billion of this total to pay down deferred payments from previous years, $5  billion (including $2.1  billion ongoing) for high-poverty schools and districts, nearly $1.4  billion for community colleges, and the remainder (roughly $6  billion) for other K-12 spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - For example, since 2011 ‑12, men consistently have made up more than 66  percent of the applications received for the academy wit
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Prior to Proposition  47, stealing $950 or less of money or property from a store was sometimes treated as a wobbler punishable by up to three years in jail or prison. For example, if the defendant entered the store with intent to commit theft —as evidenced, for example, by their possessing a bag designed to conceal merchandise —they could be charged with burglary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055