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

Feb 23, 2026 - Receiverships are typically used as a last resort by courts b ecause high thresholds must be met for them to be established, such as demonstrating that there is a grave and immediate harm to the plaintiffs, that the use of less extreme remedies have been exhausted, and that a Receiver is the least intrusive means necessary to correct the violations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Chapter  168 of 2024 (A B  2943 , Zbur) expanded officers ’ authority to arrest shoplifters and Chapter  803 of 2018 (A B  1065 , Jones ‑Sawyer) added conditions under which they can be held in jail until arraignment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

Achieving the Goals of the SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Oct 10, 2023 - It is reasonable to think that S B  678 partially contributed to these reductions. For  example, data suggest that S B  678 successfully diverted thousands of people from prison in the initial years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4806

The 2023-24 Budget: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 16, 2023 - Chapter  827 of 2022 (S B  1008 , Becker) specifies that CDCR shall provide accessible, functional voice calls free of charge. On January 1, 2023, CDCR began implementing this requirement by paying all charges accrued for voice calls.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4686

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

Jan 31, 2022 - How Will S B   2 Implementation Affect the Program? As discussed above, POST faces considerable S B  2 implementation challenges, including the need to roughly double its workforce by January 1, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4507

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - However, the provided funding was unallocated and subject to Judicial Council ’s discretion. b Does not include funding provided specifically for increased trial court health and retirement benefits as the state covers such costs in full.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

Potential Impacts of Recent State Asset Forfeiture Changes

Jan 6, 2020 - In analyzing the data, we identified a number of challenges with the data that make it difficult to isolate and determine the economic impact of the changes enacted by S B  443 . Data Reflect Impacts of Changes Outside of S B 443 A number of other changes occurred regarding asset forfeiture at both the federal and state level at or around the same time S B   443 b ecame effective in January 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4128

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Under the Governor ’s proposed budget, the state would end 2020 ‑21 with $20. 5  b illion in total reserves. This represents an increase of $1. 7  b illion from the 2019 ‑ 20 e nacted reserve level of $18. 8  b illion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - To  help ensure sufficient revenues would be available to support BOF workload, Chapter  736 of 2019 (A B  1669 , Bonta) enabled DOJ to increase the DROS fee charged from $19 to $31.19. For a couple years after this fee increase, revenues generally exceeded expenditures —thereby allowing the fund balance to steadily grow.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2021-22 Budget: State Correctional Population Outlook

Nov 19, 2020 - In total, we project that employee compensation costs will increase by roughly $2. 5  b illion between 2020 ‑21 and 2024 ‑25. Accordingly, the reduction in population ‑related costs will result in CDCR ’s budget growing by only around $ 1  b illion by 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4304