The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - (The reimbursement authority would allow the state to accept payment from Orange County for its portion of the project costs as this is a shared facility.) This project generally addresses fire and egress safety issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - For example, state entities proportionately seek a greater share of alcohol or toxicology ‑related services. In contrast, counties and cities proportionately seek a greater share of controlled substances, latent print, or criminalistics ‑related services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

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

Oct 24, 2025 - The budget provides Judicial Council with discretion in allocating the funding, but requires that at least half of the funding be allocated based on each trial court ’s share of 2023-24 non-traffic criminal filings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Deploying such a strategy could also include identifying prisons that face the greatest staffing challenges and utilizing a greater share of remote workers at those facilities. The cost of increasing tele ‑mental health to the maximum level allowed would be unlikely to exceed $30  million in annual ongoing costs in addition to funding for the Governor ’s proposed 2026 ‑27 tele ‑mental health expansion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Accordingly, the Legislature may want to assess whether promising strategies are being captured and shared. For  example, it could ask state ‑level agencies —including BSCC, CHP, and the Department of Justice —or statewide associations —such as the California District Attorneys Association or the California Retailer ’s Association —what venues or systems exist to facilitate capturing and sharing of promising  practices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - These funds would be allocated to school districts based on their share of statewide enrollment in grades 7 to 12. The budget package also required school districts to certify by July 2029 that a certain portion of their staff who work directly with students in grades 7 to 12 have received youth behavioral health training at least once.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

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

Feb 23, 2026 - CDCR could also identify prisons that face the greatest staffing challenges and utilize a greater share of remote providers at those facilities. The cost of such changes
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2023-24 Budget: Increased Federal Authority For State Crisis Intervention Program

Feb 22, 2023 - State Share Distributed by Judicial Council ($17.5  Million). Under the initial plan submitted to U.S. DOJ by BSCC, the state would retain $17.5  million in SCIP funds —the maximum allowable share. BSCC would enter into an agreement with Judicial Council to administer these funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4697

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - (The remaining amount would generally be the responsibility of counties that share space in court  facilities.) Existing Construction Account Insolvent. State law authorizes Judicial Council to construct trial court facilities and established a state special fund —the State Court Facilities Construction Fund (SCFCF) to support construction and other facility ‑related expenses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Since 2003, the share of Unit  6 members who are women has steadily declined. Specifically, whereas 21  percent of Unit  6 members were women in 2003, 17  percent of Unit  6 members were women in 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800