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

Feb 23, 2026 - Adding More Licensing Exemptions for Those Who Work at Prisons. Currently, providers with out ‑of ‑state licenses are required to obtain a California license to work in CDCR, though some may use their out ‑of ‑state license on a temporary basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Notably, CDCR and CalHR would retain their current roles in identifying qualified recruits and providing the necessary training and supervision to ensure people are performing their duties adequately.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

Restructuring the Court-Ordered Debt Collection Process - Restructuring the Court-Ordered Debt Collection Process [Video]

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The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation [Publication Details]

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/Detail/5137

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

Oct 24, 2025 - The budget package provides $15  million one-time General Fund for grants to indigent criminal defense providers for holistic defense related activities (such as the hiring of social workers and providing specialized training).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Accordingly, the Legislature may want to ask representatives of law enforcement and prosecution agencies how they have been communicating with and training staff on these law changes. Similarly, some changes may require the awareness and collaboration of retailers in order to be effective.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - Finally, BFS operates the state ’s DNA laboratory as well as the state ’s criminalistics training institute. Local Entities Use Most of BFS Services. In  2023 ‑24, BFS processed 36,422 submissions. As shown in Figure  2 , two ‑thirds of the processed submissions were for county or city local government entities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

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

Feb 19, 2025 - The behavioral health training requirement is not contingent upon districts receiving funding from the state. If there is insufficient revenue in the GVPSS Fund to cover the cost of this training, districts would likely need to cover the costs using their general-purp ose funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

The 2022-23 Budget: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training

Jan 31, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training The 2022‑23 Budget Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training Summary. In this post, we cover two proposals in the Governor ’s budget for the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4507

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

Feb 22, 2024 - The Governor ’s 2024 ‑25 budget maintains $140  million General Fund for CDCR to continue training new officers at the department ’s 13 ‑week academy and delivering other training to existing officers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852