The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - The budget proposes $11  million one ‑time General Fund to relocate 24 courtrooms out of leased space in Los Angeles County. The lease will not be extended as the building is expected to be sold. Of this amount, $4.6  million would be used to relocate 17 courtrooms into six existing courthouses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - Concerns With DROS Special Account Insolvency Led to Greater Use of General Fund … As shown in Figure  2, support for BOF followed a fee-based funding structure through 2018-19, with all BOF costs supported by special funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - Specifically related to self-help centers, the 2018 ‑19 budget provided $19  million General Fund annually for three years to supplement $11  million in existing support from the Trial Court Trust Fund (TCTF, $6.2  million) and Improvement and Modernization Fund ($5  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

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

Feb 23, 2026 - This brief provides our analysis of the Governor’s 2026-27 budget proposals related to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Over the entire ten ‑year period —2014 to 2023 —reported retail theft increased by about 11  percent, though some counties experienced differing trends. Despite the statewide increase, reported retail theft remains well below historical highs that occurred in the 1980s.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - This augmentation would maintain direct funding for self ‑help centers at $30. 3  m illion —the level it has been at since 2018 ‑19. Absent this proposal, funding for self ‑help centers would decrease to $11. 2  m illion beginning in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 24, 2025 - This reduction is $11  million more than the revised 2024-25 level. General Fund Operational Solutions. The budget reflects various General Fund adjustments to judicial branch operations to help address the state ’s budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The California State Bar: Considerations for a Fee Increase

Jun 26, 2019 - Specifically, as we will discuss in greater detail in the next section of this report, the current labor agreements provide employees pay increases in 2018 and 2020. By 2020 —after the pay increases are implemented —the State Bar indicates that its structural deficit will have increased to nearly $ 11  m illion, leaving less than $ 1  m illion in reserve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4080

State Correctional Spending Increased Despite Significant Population Reductions

Feb 4, 2020 - For example, the number of health care positions per inmate has nearly doubled —from 0. 06 i n 2010 ‑ 11 t o 0. 11 i n 2018 ‑19 (the most recent complete data available). We note, however, that the number of non ‑health care staff declined over the same time period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4145

Potential Impacts of Recent State Asset Forfeiture Changes

Jan 6, 2020 - Specifically, the value of assets seized declined by 15  p ercent between 2016 and 2017 (from $49. 5  m illion to $42. 3  m illion), while the amount distributed declined by 11  p ercent (from $37. 9  m illion to $33. 7  m illion).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4128