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 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - For example, the maintenance payments to counties are not connected to actual state savings, any specific reduction to prison commitments, or any specific evidence-based practice shown to yield positive results.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - For example, CDCR already knows which prison spaces it uses for rehabilitative purposes and how much time is scheduled for each rehabilitative program in that  space. Moreover, both agencies already have some incentives to track the specified data and undertake the specified studies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - For example, if the state has a budget deficit, bonds can fund important projects w ithout forcing the state to cut into existing programs. On the other hand, cash financing has certain benefits over bonds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds

Jan 3, 2017 - For example, a major reason that bond funds from Propositions 1B, 1C , and 1D remain unspent is that not all of the awarded funds were spent by their initial recipients, and remaining funds will be reallocated to new projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3519

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance

Feb 8, 2019 - For example, some departments have included projects as deferred maintenance that are not traditionally considered as such —for example, energy and water efficiency upgrades and code compliance work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3929

The Administration’s Sacramento Office Building Construction Strategy: Ensuring Robust Oversight

Dec 14, 2016 - For example, it should have included an analysis of whether it is more cost effective to construct new buildings versus pursue other approaches, such as purchasing or leasing existing privately owned office buildings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3516

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

Feb 12, 2016 - We note, for example, that the proposal includes sufficient funding to cover all of the identified needs at several departments, such as the Department of Food and Agriculture, the California Conservation Corps, and the State Conservancies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3353

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - For example, if electricity rates increase, it will tend to make ZNE more cost effective because there will be greater savings from not having to purchase the increasingly expensive utility power. An Example Where Cost ‑Benefit Analysis Provided Valuable Information.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Capital Outlay

Oct 17, 2019 - For example, while the Legislature approves the overall budget for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), individual projects generally are approved by the California Transportation Commission.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4105