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

May 15, 2018 - A strategy for preventing the accumulation of new deferred maintenance projects is essential to ensuring that the problem does not get worse. Moreover, the administration has not identified a long-term plan for working through the rest of the deferred maintenance backlog.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - This decline is largely due to reductions in General Fund spending in 2024-25, such as those made to address the state ’s budget problem, as well as the expiration of limited-term funding provided in previous years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - However, given the current budget problem facing the state —including our office ’s assessment that the problem will likely be even larger than the Governor projects —and the state ’s relatively low DSR, the Legislature might want to switch to lease revenue bonds instead of cash financing for some of the projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Deferred Maintenance [Publication Details]

May 15, 2018 - We recommend that the Legislature (1) adopt budget trailer legislation to create a separate account to fund one-time deferred maintenance projects in the future and (2) deposit into this account the amount of General Fund revenues it decides is consistent with its overall General Fund priorities—an amount that could be higher or lower than that proposed by the Governor.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3841

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

Feb 26, 2025 - However, the flaws we identify above are conceptual problems that can be improved through reasonable assumptions in areas where actual data is lacking. We will continue to monitor Proposition  36 implementation and the prison population and make recommendations based on the updated information available at the May Revision, including the administration ’s revised estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

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

Jan 13, 2020 - . $2   Billion in Reserve Deposit. As discussed in more detail below, the rules of Proposition  2 also require a $ 2  b illion deposit into the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA) —the state ’s primary rainy day fund —in 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—State Project Infrastructure Fund

May 14, 2018 - The Governor ’s May Revision proposes to deposit an additional $630  million General Fund into the continuously appropriated State Project Infrastructure Fund (SPIF). This funding is anticipated to fund the renovation of the Bateson, Unruh, and Resources Buildings, as well as the demolition of the State Printing Plant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3840

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget package also included supplemental reporting language requiring a report —due on or before March  1, 2026, and annually thereafter for three years —on the problems the program was designed to address and how the funds were used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Feb 25, 2025 - The state has paid over $150 million in fines so far, which are deposited in a special account to support staff recruitment and retention. At the time of publication, CDCR is still accruing fines but the court has paused on collecting and spending the fines due to ongoing litigation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Implementing AB 900's Prison Construction and Rehabilitation Initiatives [Publication Details]

May 14, 2009 - Implementing AB 900's Prison Construction and Rehabilitation Initiatives [Publication Details] Implementing AB 900's Prison Construction and Rehabilitation Initiatives Format: HTML Description: We examine the steps that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has taken to implement Chapter 7, Statutes of 2007 (AB 900, Solorio) which authorized a total of approximately
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2063