Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Community colleges and CDCR generally report a much greater ability to accommodate demand for correspondence courses, with typically much less wait time. (Later in this section, we identify the main limitations to expanding in ‑person CCC course offerings.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Feb 25, 2025 - It is possible that after conducting its stakeholder engagement process, it will determine that some of those programs represent a higher priority for expansion than adding a new bachelor ’s degree program.
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

Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds

Jan 3, 2017 - Coordination with nonstate entities —such as federal or local governments —can make projects more complicated to complete, adding several years to project timelines in some cases. Challenges include requirements to acquire permits from multiple agencies and gaining funding commitments from other entities to share in project costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3519

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Specifically, we recommend the Legislature set enrollment expectations for each segment, decide how much to provide for graduation and other core student support initiatives, and determine how much to provide for compensation increases and other operating costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

Apr 11, 2025 - The marginal cost better captures how much the state saves when one fewer person enters prison, such as savings on food, clothing, and medical care. In contrast, the average cost includes cost s that often are only saved when entire facilities are closed, such as facility or correctional staffing costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

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

May 15, 2018 - Second, the proposed JLBC process provides the Legislature with much less time to review proposed projects than the traditional budget process and is less transparent to the public. For this reason, the JLBC process is typically reserved for minor, midyear changes to the budget rather than for the initial identification of projects proposed for funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - Ad ditionally, the proposed project includes retail and extra child care space, which also increase costs. DGS also states that the BOE estimate was not as fully developed as its estimate for the Richards Boulevard project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758

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 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