The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 budget gives JLBC until January 1, 2026 to review and express nonconcurrence of this subset of positions identified for elimination. In addition, the budget gives the JLBC the authority to review and nonconcur with the proposed elimination of positions in nine specified departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Feb 25, 2025 - As discussed above, the California Model project and implementation team —and the administration more broadly —is still in the process of reviewing the San Quentin advisory council ’s recommendations to determine which ones it will pursue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - New In-Custody Death Review Division. The budget provides $3.3  million General Fund in 2024-25 (increasing to $7.7  million in 2025-26 and ongoing) for BSCC to establish a new division that will review investigations of deaths that occur in local correctional facilities and make recommendations to such facilities as required by Chapter  306 of 2023 (SB  519, Atkins).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Students have access to research databases, e ‑journals, magazine subscriptions, peer ‑reviewed articles, and e ‑books that can be used to complete course  assignments. New Federal Policy Resumes Pell Grants for Eligible Incarcerated Students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - New Positions to Review Special Workers ’ Compensation Claims. The DIR oversees the state ’s workers ’ compensation system, which compensates individuals for work-related injuries and covers the costs for treatment of those injuries.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

The 2014-15 Budget: A Review of the 2014 California Five-Year Infrastructure Plan [Publication Details]

Feb 10, 2014 - The 2014-15 Budget: A Review of the 2014 California Five-Year Infrastructure Plan [Publication Details] The 2014-15 Budget: A Review of the 2014 California Five-Year Infrastructure Plan Format: HTML Description: In this report, we review California’s Five-Year Infrastructure Plan, the first statewide infrastructure plan released by the administration since 2008.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2916

The 2016-17 Budget: Review of UC’s Merced Campus Expansion Proposal

Feb 10, 2016 - As the time allotted to the Legislature for its review is so short under the new capital outlay review process, we encourage the Legislature to begin its review immediately. The views the Legislature shares with the administration about the proposal could have far –reaching implications for the state and UC for years to come.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—State Project Infrastructure Fund

May 14, 2018 - Without this information and given the amount of time the Legislature has to review the May Revision, it is difficult to analyze the reasonableness of the cost estimate for the project or determine whether it is the highest priority for funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3840

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - As part of the May Revision, the Governor proposed budget trailer legislation to increase various fees that support various DCA boards and bureaus and the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

The 2016-17 Budget: Governor’s General Fund Deferred Maintenance Proposal

Feb 12, 2016 - Furthermore, if this project had been proposed to replace an approved project (rather than being included on the initial list of projects), the administration would not have been required to provide the Legislature with any opportunity to review the change prior to proceeding with the project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3353