LAO Recommended Legislation [Publication Details]

Dec 1, 2008 - Recommendations in this report include, among many others: (a) Simplify and Consolidate K-12 General Purpose Funding, (b) Promote the Adoption of Health Information Technology in California, (c) Fund Inmate Education Programs Based on Actual Attendance, and (d) Increase and Index the State Gas Tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1897

The 2021-22 Budget: State Correctional Population Outlook

Nov 19, 2020 - In this analysis, we ( 1)  p rovide an overview of the state correctional population; ( 2)  d iscuss our projections of the inmate, parolee, and ward populations through 2024 ‑25; and ( 3)  c omment on how changes in the sizes of these populations could impact state correctional costs in both the near and long term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4304?utm_source=laowww&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4304

Achieving the Goals of the SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Oct 10, 2023 - Counties with failure ‑to ‑prison rates more than 50 percent below the statewide average were eligible for high ‑performance grant awards. b Counties cannot receive both a tier grant and a high ‑performance grant, they choose one. c Tier 1 counties receive 45 percent of state savings they create.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4806

Potential Impacts of Recent State Asset Forfeiture Changes

Jan 6, 2020 - While the earlier declines are unrelated to S B  443 , the decline in 2017 c ould be due to the pursuit of fewer cases given S B  443 ’s new burden of proof and conviction requirements in state cases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4128

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Under this proposal, the tool would be implemented in an additional 10 c ourts in 2021 ‑22, 21 c ourts in 2022 ‑23, and the last 20 c ourts in 2023 ‑24. The Governor ’s budget proposes $4. 4  m illion in 2021 ‑22, declining to $2. 7  m illion annually beginning in 2024 ‑25, to support this expansion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Exempted from this requirement are interrogations by probation officers in their normal duties an d questioning necessary to protect life or property from an imminent threat. Under Chapter  681, these requirements were to sunset beginning January 1, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

Improving California’s Prison Inmate Classification System

May 2, 2019 - Specifically, we recommend that the Legislature ( 1)  d irect CDCR to contract with independent researchers to develop a new methodology for assigning inmates to housing levels and ( 2)  c onsider various options to expand access to Level  I facilities and Minimum Custody.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4023

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

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Under the Governor ’s budget, the minimum guarantee is up $ 302  m illion in 2018 ‑19 and $ 517  m illion in 2019 ‑ 20 c ompared to the estimates from the 2019 ‑ 20 b udget package. For 2020 ‑21, the administration estimates the minimum guarantee is $ 84  b illion, an increase of $2. 5  b illion ( 3  p ercent) over the revised 2019 ‑ 20 l evel.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135