The California State Bar: Considerations for a Fee Increase

Jun 26, 2019 - Specifically, SBC received a total of 649 c ases in 2018 —a decline of 36  p ercent from 2014. At the same time, the SBC closed 562 c ases in 2018 —a decline of 52  p ercent from 2014. Of this amount, about 77  p ercent were closed with SBC imposing disciplinary action.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4080

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - The judicial branch reports that a total of nearly 11, 000 r equests were submitted (with nearly 77  p ercent approved) by 6, 865 l itigants between April 2019 and October 2020 across five out of six courts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - Specifically, the 2018 ‑19 budget included $1.3  billion in lease revenue bond authority backed by the General Fund —rather than the SCFCF —to finance ten previously planned projects. This commitment effectively backfilled the $1.4  billion transferred from the SCFCF to the General Fund to help address the state ’s budget condition between 2009 ‑10 and 2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

Potential Impacts of Recent State Asset Forfeiture Changes

Jan 6, 2020 - DOJ cases in California while $77. 6  m illion — 66  p ercent —was distributed within the state. As shown in Figure  5 , this represented a major increase in the state ’s share. It is possible that this increase was due to the federal government delaying to 2016 some distributions that normally would have been allocated in 2015 due to budget cuts, as mentioned previously.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4128

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - Concerns With DROS Special Account Insolvency Led to Greater Use of General Fund … As shown in Figure  2, support for BOF followed a fee-based funding structure through 2018-19, with all BOF costs supported by special funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

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

Feb 23, 2026 - This brief provides our analysis of the Governor’s 2026-27 budget proposals related to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2024-25 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 22, 2024 - For example, with the deactivation of DVI in Tracy, the state was able to avoid a water ‑treatment   project —estimated  in 2018 to cost $32   million —that  would have been necessary to comply with drinking water standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Chapter  168 of 2024 (A B  2943 , Zbur) expanded officers ’ authority to arrest shoplifters and Chapter  803 of 2018 (A B  1065 , Jones ‑Sawyer) added conditions under which they can be held in jail until arraignment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - The 2018 ‑19 budget included $3.2  million General Fund in 2018 ‑19, declining to $709,000 annually beginning in 2020 ‑21, to construct and maintain this web portal. County Law Libraries. To address declines in the amount of civil filing fee revenues available to support county law libraries, four budgets have included one-time General Fund assistance to help maintain service levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

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

Sep 26, 2022 - . $77 million, on net, to backfill changes related to the civil assessment. State law authorizes a civil assessment for individuals who fail to pay court-ordered criminal fines and fees or appear without good cause.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625