The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - The budget includes $71  million limited ‑term General Fund ($36  million in 2026 ‑27 and $35  million in 2027 ‑28) and $7.1  million SCFCF reimbursement authority ($3.6  million in 2026 ‑27 and $3.5  million in 2027 ‑28) for a previously approved facility modification project at the Orange CJC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - The 2024-25 budget package required CDE to set aside up to $35  million of its 2025-26 GVPSS allocation for providing youth behavioral health training to staff who work directly with students in grades 7 through 12.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

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

Oct 24, 2025 - The budget provides ongoing General Fund —$37  million in 2026-27, $36  million in 2027-28, and $35  million annually beginning in 2028-29 —to backfill declines in criminal fine and fee revenue used to support BFS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - Specifically, the Governor proposes $37  million in 2026 ‑27, $36  million in 2027 ‑28, and $35  million annually beginning in 2028 ‑29. The 2025 ‑26 budget also maintains the budget bill language allowing DOF to augment the backfill amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

Achieving the Goals of the SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Oct 10, 2023 - Counties currently receive $12,800 for each person diverted from prison —35  percent of the $36,600 DOF estimates the state saves for each person diverted. However, based on limited data on marginal costs and average length of stay in prison and on parole, we estimate the state saves about $73,000 for each person diverted from prison, which could translate to $25,500 in savings passed on to counties at rate of 35  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4806

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2021-22 Budget: State Correctional Population Outlook

Nov 19, 2020 - Most of these inmates are housed in the state ’s 35 p risons and 42 c onservation camps. (We note, however, that the 2020 ‑ 21 b udget package reflects a plan to close two state prisons over the next few years.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4304?utm_source=laowww&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4304

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

Oct 16, 2023 - This includes: $35  million for the construction of a fire suppression system at Pelican Bay State Prison. $34.2  million for the construction of an arsenic and manganese removal water treatment plant at Valley State Prison in Chowchilla. $20  million for various projects at SQ.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - This includes (1) $35  million one time to replace dayroom and common area furniture, (2) $23  million (decreasing to $18  million annually beginning in 2022 ‑23) to provide technology for inmates participating in academic programs, and (3) $14  million (decreasing to $3  million annually beginning in 2022 ‑23) for enhancements to rehabilitation programs provided at Valley State Prison in Chowchilla.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460

The 2020-21 Budget: Effectively Managing State Prison Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2020 - This is because the department would save about $90,000 annually per inmate by closing state prisons, whereas it saves roughly $35, 000 p er inmate annually when it removes inmates from contract prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4186