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

Oct 24, 2025 - Judicial Branch The budget provides nearly $5.5  billion for the judicial branch in 2025-26 —a net increase of $183  million (3  percent) from the revised 2024-25 level. This includes $3.2  billion from the General Fund and $499  million from the counties, with most of the remaining balance from fine, penalty, and court fee revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The  June 2024 budget package committed to a total of $28  billion in budget solutions for 2025 ‑26, which included, $12  billion in spending ‑related solutions and nearly $16  billion in all other solutions, including $5.5  billion in temporary revenue increases and a $7  billion withdrawal from the state ’s rainy day fund, the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

May 17, 2021 - The major components of the other category are $5.5  billion for broadband, $1.1  billion to replenish the state Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, and $305  million for the Employment Development Department to more quickly address workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

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

Oct 17, 2019 - The budget also includes an $11.6  million General Fund augmentation for various other rehabilitation programs, including $5.5  million to establish an inmate literacy mentorship program and $5  million to fund grants for nonprofits to provide rehabilitation programs in prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4097

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 22, 2020 - The budget also includes $5.5  million from the Dealers ’ Record of Sale (DROS) Special Account to implement various pieces of firearm-related legislation and $2.4  million one time from DROS to analyze the need for modernizing the state ’s firearms systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4288

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 26, 2022 - Judicial Branch The budget provides $5.5 billion for the judicial branch in 2022-23 —an increase of $415  million (8 percent) from the revised 2021-22 level. This amount includes $3.5 billion from the General Fund and $499 million from the counties, with most of the remaining balance from fine, penalty, and court fee revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - On the revenue side, the Governor ’s budget includes $5.5  billion to restore net operating losses and business credits and various other tax credits, which reduce SAL  revenues by a total of $6  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2022-23 Budget: Judicial Branch Proposals

Feb 3, 2022 - In another example, $5.5  million in ongoing General Fund support was provided in 2015 ‑16 to expand the judicial  branch ’s  Local Area  Network/Wide Area Network  (LAN/WAN) telecommunications network infrastructure program to include the final four courts that did not participate in the network.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4513

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

Feb 17, 2022 - As shown in Figure  3 , between 2019 and 2020, California experienced a 31  percent increase in homicides —from 4.2 to 5.5 homicides per 100,000 residents —the largest increase since reliable record keeping began in 1960.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546