The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - As shown in Figure  2, support for BOF has increased over the past decade from $26.6  million in 2016-17 to $70.4  million in 2025-26 —an increase of $43.8  million (or 165  percent). During this period, BOF also shifted from being fully supported by various special funds and began receiving General Fund support in 2019-20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

The 2026-27 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 23, 2026 - Governor ’s Proposal Estimated Savings of $81.3  Million in 2025-26 to Be Transferred to SNSF in 2026-27. The Governor ’s budget estimates that $81.3  million in savings will accrue to the state in 2025-26 and be transferred to the SNSF in 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5108

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

Jan 14, 2019 - The 2018 ‑ 19 b udget approved the first step of this plan by providing an across ‑the ‑board 10  p ercent grant increase effective April 1, 2019. The Governor ’s budget proposes to further increase CalWORKs grants by 13. 1  p ercent, which would raise grant levels to 50  p ercent of FPL for a family of three.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - Additionally, since 2009 ‑10, nearly $1.7  billion has been transferred from the judicial branch ’s construction accounts to the General Fund or to support trial court operations. These transfers were originally made to help address the fiscal difficulties then facing the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

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

Feb 23, 2026 - For example, the 2024 ‑25 Budget Act provided $23.1  million General Fund (increasing to $46.2  million annually beginning in 2025 ‑26) to pay for increased utility costs. In addition, the 2025 ‑26 Budget Act provided $31.4  million General Fund in 2025 ‑26 and ongoing to accommodate growth in food  costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - DROS Special Account expenditures routinely exceeded revenues prior to 2019 ‑ 20 —resulting in the decline of the fund balance. To  help ensure sufficient revenues would be available to support BOF workload, Chapter  736 of 2019 (A B  1669 , Bonta) enabled DOJ to increase the DROS fee charged from $19 to $31.19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

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

Oct 24, 2025 - This amount, available for use through June 2028, consists of (1) $10  million for indigent civil legal services for people likely to be impacted by potential or actual federal actions and (2) $5  million to supplement an existing contract with the California Access to Justice Commission for legal services nonprofits generally.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch 42 40 a Funding in certain years may have been provided for a specific purpose. For example, some funding was designated for promoting fiscal equity among the trial courts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Introduction On January 10, 2025, Governor Newsom ’s administration presented its proposed state budget to the California Legislature. In this report, we provide a brief summary of the Governor ’s budget based on our initial review as of January 12.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - As discussed in the “Inpatient Mental Health Beds ” section in our brief The 2025‑26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and shown in Figure 8, CDCR is operating 713 inpatient beds in excess of the amount projected to be necessary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134