Recent Report Compares California Inmate Health Care Costs to Rest of Nation

Jan 18, 2018 - New Mexico had the highest staffing with 87 FTEs per 1,000 inmates. As shown by Figure  2, staffing ratios vary greatly across the nation. Increased Employee Compensation. Requirements to increase the amount paid to various health care workers to help facilitate recruitment also played a role in California ’s high costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3733

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 9, 2024 - For example, $87  million was transferred to these four funds in 2022-23. State law specifies what types of litigation proceeds can be transferred into these funds and provides guidelines on how these proceeds are to be used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4831

The 2023-24 Budget: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training—Office of Administrative Hearing Costs

Feb 13, 2023 - As of January 2023, POST had filled roughly one-third of its 16 positions in the Intake and Disposition bureau, which is responsible for analyzing and evaluating complaints received from the public and serious misconduct allegations received from l aw enforcement agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4677

The California State Bar: Considerations for a Fee Increase

Jun 26, 2019 - The State Bar approved a 2019 c alendar year budget estimating revenues of $ 168  m illion ($ 77  m illion to the State Bar ’s General Fund) and expenditures of $ 189  m illion ($ 87  m illion from the General Fund).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4080

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Under federal l aw, state and local government employers may continue to exclude some employees from Social Security coverage, but only if those employees are enrolled in a retirement plan that meets federal regulations requiring at least a specified level of benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Around half of these litigants reported that they received public benefits and 87  p ercent reported incomes below the federal poverty level. These submitted requests resulted in a few million dollars in reduced fines and fees, with the average amount owed per request being cut nearly in half.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362

A Review of State Standards and Inspections for Local Detention Facilities

Feb 16, 2021 - Of this population, 67  p ercent were unsentenced, 82  p ercent were charged with or convicted of a felony, and 87  p ercent were male. Short ‑Term Detention Facilities. These facilities hold people for less than 96 hours, such as some police facilities that hold people following arrest.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4371