The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 budget package assumes ongoing savings of $489.8  million ($182.3  million General Fund) (see Attachment 3 of the May 14, 2025 DOF letter) resulting from the permanent elimination of 6,002 vacant positions beginning in 2025-26 (see Attachment 4 of the May 14, 2025 DOF letter).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - This amount includes $504  million from the General Fund —a net decrease of $14  million (3  percent) from the revised 2023-24 amount. (The net decrease does not reflect changes in employee compensation costs in 2024-25 because such costs are accounted for elsewhere in the budget.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 26, 2025 - However, based on discussions, it is our understanding that the administration used the number of people that were admitted to prison for drug possession and certain lower level theft crimes in 2013-14, the year before Proposition  47 reduced prison admissions for these crimes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

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

Feb 25, 2025 - The methodology counts 2013 ‑14 prison admissions for people who were convicted of receiving stolen property. However, this crime was generally not affected by Proposition  36. Similarly, the estimate appears to include all admissions for the lower ‑level theft crimes affected by Proposition  47.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

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

Apr 11, 2025 - The proposed formula has three different payments: (1)  a performance payment, (2)  a maintenance payment, and (3)  a minimum guarantee payment. These payments would determine each county ’s total SB  678 grant award.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - In 2019, the Legislature ratified new labor agreements with 14 of the state ’s 21 bargaining units. In 2019-20, only one bargaining unit (Unit 18, representing psychiatric technicians) has an expired agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - The total cost of the Unruh project is estimated at $90  million. The State Treasurer ’s Office —the building ’s major tenant —is expected to relocate back to the Unruh Building after completion of the renovation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - To determine whether additional classroom space is warranted within state prisons, the state needs to know: (1)  how much rehabilitation space is already available within prisons, (2)  the extent to which that space is being used, and (3)  how big of a space deficit or surplus exists at each prison and systemwide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Jan 13, 2020 - The executive reorganization process not only is relatively expedient (it can be completed in 90 days) but also includes a framework designed to increase the likelihood that a reorganization would be effective and smoothly implemented.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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