The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - However, while the new facility helps address reg ional capacity challenges, the department has excess MHCB capacity when viewed at the statewide level. As shown in Figure  3 , with the added capacity provided under this proposal, the department will continue to have more than enough existing capacity to meet all of its current and projected needs for licensed MHCBs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 During the special session called by the Governor, the Legislature added Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 to the 2024-25 Budget Act providing up to $2.5  billion one-time from the General Fund for response and recovery costs related to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Having these standards and utilization reports would not only help guide decisions about the amount of classroom space needed but would also help assess the need for other rehabilitation space at a systemwide level and at particular prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - For example, the Lottery estimated that adding ZNE to its completed Santa Fe Springs District Office added 17  p ercent to the cost of constructing the project. Additionally, the DMV estimated that the cost of adding ZNE to its planned Reedley Field Office facility is expected to add 29  p ercent to the building ’s construction costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - The budget reflects various adjustments to help address the state ’s budget problem. Most notably, the budget includes a $105  million one-time reduction in General Fund support for the judicial branch in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Deferred Maintenance

May 15, 2018 - These facility assessments could help identify the actual deferred maintenance needs at facilities and help address our concerns about the accuracy of the deferred maintenance backlogs identified by departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

The Administration’s Sacramento Office Building Construction Strategy: Ensuring Robust Oversight

Dec 14, 2016 - The weaknesses of the existing SPIF process would be magnified if additional funds are added to the account in the future. The statute governing the SPIF provides the administration with the discretion to establish and fund new projects with JLBC notification rather than legislative approval.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3516

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - Recommendations Below, we recommend changes to the Governor ’s proposed SB  678 grant formula that would help address the issues we identified above. These changes would result in a system that would better achieve the stated goals of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

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

Jan 14, 2019 - Note: Excludes spending on  K ‑14  education, reserves, and debt (required by the California Constitution), and added costs to maintain existing policies. Figure also excludes some smaller spending proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor's State Office Building Proposal

Feb 9, 2016 - We find that the concept of addressing state office buildings as part of a larger plan and strategy —rather than on an ad hoc basis —makes sense. However, the proposal provides very little information on the Governor ’s larger plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3347