Improving California’s Criminal Fine and Fee System

Jan 5, 2016 - We note that the total value of errors made between 1998 –99 and 2012 –13 is likely higher than $63  million because the SCO audits we examined did not evaluate all distributions occurring over this time period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3322

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 22, 2020 - The General Fund amount is a net decrease of $99  million (or about 4.4  percent) from the revised 2019 ‑20 amount. Funding for trial court operations is the single largest component of the judicial branch budget, accounting for nearly four-fifths of total spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4288

Assessing the Provision of Criminal Indigent Defense

Sep 22, 2022 - Similarly, 99  percent of misdemeanors were resolved prior to trial over the same time period. Helps Mitigate Potential Serious Consequences. Research demonstrates that involvement with the criminal justice system can have major consequences for defendants, regardless of whether they are ultimately convicted of a crime.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4623

Improving California’s Prison Inmate Classification System

May 2, 2019 - Moreover, research shows that the risk of an offender sexually reoffending can be reliably predicted with widely accepted risk assessments, such as the Static ‑99 assessment that CDCR currently uses to identify low ‑risk sex offenders.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4023