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

Jan 13, 2020 - First, the Governor proposes putting a $4. 8  b illion bond before voters in November 2020 t o fund a variety of activities intended to help the state mitigate and prepare for the effects of climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - We recommend the Legislature modify the Governor ’s proposal to shift $8  million in BOF costs from the DROS Special Account to the General Fund annually through 2028-29. Specifically, we recommend approving this shift for only one year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

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

Feb 23, 2026 - CDCR reports that from 2020 ‑21 to 2024 ‑25, it paid about $130  million annually on average in these payments. Accordingly, the proposal would provide dedicated funding for a portion of the department ’s expected annual costs of these payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - As discussed in the “Inpatient Mental Health Beds ” section in our brief The 2025‑26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and shown in Figure 8, CDCR is operating 713 inpatient beds in excess of the amount projected to be necessary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2020-21 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 18, 2020 - To support the reorganization of DJJ into DYCR, the 2019 ‑ 20 b udget included $1. 2  m illion General Fund and 8. 8  p ositions in 2019 ‑20 (increasing to $1. 8  m illion and 12  p ositions annually beginning in 2020 ‑21).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4164

The 2021-22 Budget: State Correctional Population Outlook

Nov 19, 2020 - As of the beginning of October 2020, there were nearly 8, 000 i nmates in county jail awaiting transfer to state prison. The state provides counties $93. 54 p er day for each inmate they house who would otherwise be in state prison.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4304?utm_source=laowww&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4304

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

Jun 12, 2025 - This  is known as the “clearance rate. ” As shown in Figure  4 , California ’s clearance rate for property crimes declined over the past decade from about 14  percent of reported crimes cleared in 2014 to about 8  percent in 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - For example, the Governor counts $27  billion in constitutionally required spending on schools and community colleges, nearly $8  billion in required reserve deposits, and $3  billion in required debt payments in his calculation of the surplus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2017-18 Budget: Trial Courts and the County Office of Education General Fund Offset

Feb 16, 2017 - This is $8 million above the Governor ’s estimates. (We estimate that Napa will become the sixth excess tax COE in 2016-17.) We estimate the annual excess tax revenue will continue to increase to $100 million by 2020-21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3567

The 2023-24 Budget: Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Testing Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - Additionally, 12 counties and 8 cities operate and fund their own laboratories and conduct such testing. ( We note that local agencies also contract with private or other governmental laboratories for services.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4714