Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Therefore, having a report that explores the feasibility and costs of concentrating the mental health population in the easiest to recruit prisons would better position the state and the Legislature to know what the challenges of such an approach are.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Pinpointing cost increases tied directly to the use of these new enforcement and prosecution tools may be difficult due to both limited data and the challenge of knowing what costs would have been absent these law changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

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

Feb 23, 2026 - However, because these decisions are typically internal to the administration and made after the budget is enacted, it is difficult for the Legislature to know what activities are affected and what programmatic implications that m ay have.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - Direct DOJ Provide a Framework for Determining What Workload Should Be Funded by Fee Revenues. We recommend the Legislature direct DOJ to provide a potential framework by January 10, 2027 for determining what firearm and ammunition workload should be funded by special fund fee revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - For example, one potential funding option discussed in the report was to increase the specific fee added when individuals are convicted of criminal offenses which generates the revenue deposited into the DNA Identification Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2023-24 Budget: May Revision Proposals Related to the California Model and San Quentin State Prison

May 19, 2023 - Given that the operational implications of the proposed projects are not known, it is impossible for the Legislature to know what the cost of operating the facilities would be once constructed. This includes the costs to provide security staffing for the facilities as well as the costs of providing whatever educational or vocational training is selected.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4771

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - For example, CDCR already knows which prison spaces it uses for rehabilitative purposes and how much time is scheduled for each rehabilitative program in that  space. Moreover, both agencies already have some incentives to track the specified data and undertake the specified studies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - However, the final pieces of a cost ‑benefit analysis —specifically ( 1)  c alculating the monetary value of identified benefits, ( 2)  i dentifying the corresponding costs, and ( 3)  i dentifying the net benefit of the various self ‑help delivery methods by case type —are not included in the report.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362

Achieving the Goals of the SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Oct 10, 2023 - Decide What Percentage of State Savings to Transfer to Counties. There is a trade ‑off to consider in deciding what percentage of state savings to transfer to counties. A higher percentage provides greater incentive and resources to the counties to reduce prison commitments but reduces the amount of state savings achieved.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4806

The 2021-22 Budget: State Correctional Population Outlook

Nov 19, 2020 - For example, Chapter   590 o f 2019 (S B  136 , Wiener) eliminates a one ‑year term added to individuals ’ prison sentences (known as an enhancement) for prior offenses in certain cases. Adult Inmate Population Inmate Population Currently Low Due to COVID ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4304?utm_source=laowww&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4304