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

Feb 25, 2025 - Net Increase in Budget ‑Year Funding Adjustments. The budget proposes a net increase of $81  million in adjustments in 2025 ‑26. Similar to the current ‑year, this net increase is primarily due to both a higher total prison population and an increase in the portion of the population with high health care needs relative to what was assumed in the 2024 ‑25 Budget Act .
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/

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Such an approach likely increases the number of people who have at least one degree when they are released from prison, which in turn can help reduce recidivism and improve employment opportunities. Key Barriers to Expanding In ‑Person Enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Apr 11, 2025 - If the cost of these practices increases in future years, the administration could request that the Legislature increase the amount of funding available for implementing them accordingly. Establish Total Amount for Grant and Determine Allocation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

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: 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

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - Price Increases. The budget provides General Fund augmentations beginning in 2024-25 due to price increases, including: $26  million annually for four years to cover the cost resulting from a new contract for parole Sex Offender Management Program rehabilitation services. $23.1  million (increasing to $46.2  million annually beginning in 2025-26) to pay for increased utility costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

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

May 15, 2018 - We further note that the state has developed an overarching plan for identifying and addressing capital and ongoing maintenance needs for the state ’s flood system —the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan (2017) —and separately proposes an ongoing funding increase to prevent a deferred maintenance backlog from growing in the future.
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

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

Dec 14, 2016 - The weaknesses of the existing SPIF process would be magnified if additional funds are added to the account in the future. The statute governing the SPIF provides the administration with the discretion to establish and fund new projects with JLBC notification rather than legislative approval.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3516