The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - In our review of DOJ ’s March  2022 report, we identified various concerns about the viability of the other potential funding options identified. For example, one potential funding option discussed in the report was to increase the specific fee added when individuals are convicted of criminal offenses which generates the revenue deposited into the DNA Identification Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

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

Jun 12, 2025 - For example, if the affected property is worth more than $50,000 but not more than $200,000, a year can be added to the person ’s sentence. If the property is worth more than $200,000 but not more than $1,000,000, two years can be added. ✘ Proposition 36 (2024) Allows up to three years to be added to the sentences of people who worked with two or
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Those departments may seek increases in compensation to ensure their pay remains competitive with CDCR —potentially adding still more costs to the state. Extending Licensing Exemptions to Out‑of‑State Licensed Providers State Licensing Policies Limit Pool of Potential Providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - However, beginning in 2022-23, expenditures began outpacing revenues, shrinking the fund balance. The Governor ’s budget estimates that the DROS Special Account will be insolvent in 2026-27 if no action is taken.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

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

Oct 24, 2025 - The parole population is projected to decrease by about 500 (1  percent) from 34,700 in 2024-25 to 34,200 in 2025-26. Health Care. The budget includes various adjustments related to correctional health care beginning in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

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 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Additionally, the Governor proposes $500  million for the Encampment Resolution Grants Program in 2022 ‑23 administered by the California Interagency Council on Homelessness to provide targeted grants to local governments to rehouse individuals living in encampments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

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

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - In  our Fiscal Outlook released in November 2022, we anticipated the state would face a $24 billion budget problem, somewhat higher than the $18 billion budget problem we estimate the Governor addressed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Given that the results of the recommended data and studies have the potential to notably improve legislative decision ‑making on prison postsecondary education policy and programs moving forward, we believe the added administrative workload is warranted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913