The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - The Governor proposes to pay down $8.4  billion of this amount, with districts receiving the associated cash in 2021 ‑22. Slightly more than $4  billion would remain deferred from 2021 ‑22 to 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - (A second construction account was consolidated into the SCFCF in 2021 ‑22.) The SCFCF is used to support both the construction and maintenance of court facilities and is mainly supported by criminal and civil fines and fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - (A second construction account was consolidated into the SCFCF in 2021 ‑22.) The SCFCF is used to support both the construction and maintenance of court facilities and is mainly supported by criminal and civil fines and fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

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

Oct 24, 2025 - This amount consists of $9.5  million for the San Diego Hall of Justice and $5.4  million for approximately 22 projects to provide court users with lactation rooms in any courthouse in which a lactation room is provided for court employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - The Commission estimates that the initial state cost of claims from local governments related to the mandate between the second half of 2020-21 and 2021-22 could range between $37,000 and $1.2  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Specifically, the number of people incarcerated in either state prison or county jail declined by about 14,000 (7  percent) between 2014 and 2015 and by about 44,000  (22  percent) between 2019 and 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice The 2021-22 California Spending Plan Judiciary and Criminal Justice The 2021 ‑22 budget provides $17.3  billion from the General Fund for judicial and criminal justice programs, as shown in Figure  1.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460

Overview and Update on the Prison Receivership

Nov 8, 2023 - In contrast, the state spent about $3.3  billion (more than double) and $32,700 per person (four times more) in 2021 ‑22. (We note that about $170  million of this increase is due to spending related to the COVID ‑19 pandemic in 2021 ‑22.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4813

The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - The 2021 ‑22 budget then extended this increased funding level for an additional three years. These funds are allocated to individual centers using a formula based on the population of the county where the center is located.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 16, 2023 - The budget package also reverts $49.5  million of the $188  million one-time General Fund included in the 2021-22 budget for deferred maintenance in trial and appellate court facilities to help address the state ’s budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805