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

Feb 25, 2025 - For example, the advisory council recommends creating a rehabilitation and reentry pl an for every person that reflects their healthcare, education, job training, recreational, and other rehabilitative needs and goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - These resources —largely for the Office of Public-School Construction —support workload created by Proposition  2, which provides $10  billion in statewide general obligation bonds for elementary, secondary, and community college facility construction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Adding a performance component would create stronger incentive for colleges to focus on incarcerated student outcomes and provide robust support services. The Legislature could use the same three ‑component model and funding rates currently in place for most other CCC students.
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 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - We recommend directing BSCC to collaborate with experts to estimate the savings likely to be created by each evidence-based practice identified in the previous step. The Legislature could then determine what portion of the cost of the practice would be covered through the grant by weighing its preference for expanding evidence-based practices against its interest in creating s tate savings.
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

Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds

Jan 3, 2017 - For example, in some cases, there might be opportunities to fund existing programs rather than create new programs to expedite bond expenditures. We note that, in other cases, it may be less feasible to design bonds to go out quickly without affecting other priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3519

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - This includes the reversion of $8  million in unspent funds from 2023-24 for the implementation of the peace officer certification program created by Chapter  409 of 2021 (SB  2, Bradford and Atkins).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

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

May 15, 2018 - We recommend the Legislature (1)  adopt budget trailer legislation to create a separate account to fund one-time deferred maintenance projects and (2)  deposit into this account the amount of General Fund revenues it decides is consistent with its overall General Fund priorities —an amount that could be higher or lower than the $1.06  billion proposed by the Governor.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - For example, the proposed changes to the existing Department of Business Oversight —which the administration renames the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation —appears to include new functions to be added to the department ’s existing mission.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135