Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Students may receive a Pell Grant for up to six years of full ‑time enrollment or the equivalent, with part ‑time students eligible to receive prorated awards over a longer period. (For example, a student enrolled half time could receive about $3,700 annually for up to 12 years.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - State Employee Compensation Legislature Ratified New Agreements With All 21 Bargaining Units. Chapter 5 of 2025 (AB 102, Gabriel) amended the budget to include Control Section 3.90, which established an expectation that the administration would meet and confer in good faith with all 21 of the state’s bargaining units before July 1, 2025 to achieve budgetary savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - In 2019, the Legislature ratified new labor agreements with 14 of the state ’s 21 bargaining units. In 2019-20, only one bargaining unit (Unit 18, representing psychiatric technicians) has an expired agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

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

Feb 25, 2025 - As part of the Governor ’s January budget proposal each year, the administration requests adjustments to CDCR ’s budget based on projected changes in the prison and parole populations in the current and budget years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - For example, there is no adjustment for the fact that people who are ultimately released to parole serve, on average, nearly six years in prison and around two years on parole. As a result, this part of the proposed methodology would underestimate state savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - This consists of (1) $77  million (growing to $132  million in 2025-26) from the previously planned deactivation of Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in Blythe, (2) $82  million from the deactivation of 42 housing units across 11 state prisons, and (3) $10  million (growing to $11  million in 2025-26) related to reduced administrative costs resulting from these and previous deactivations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - Under this approach, the discounted costs and benefits are estimated for each year. The discounted payback period is the number of years at which the total discounted benefits of a project surpass the total discounted costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

The 2016-17 Budget: Review of UC’s Merced Campus Expansion Proposal

Feb 10, 2016 - For example, the 2013 –14 budget authorized $45.1  million to construct a single classroom and academic office building at the Merced campus that contained six medium –size lecture classrooms and one small seminar space.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349

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

Feb 26, 2025 - Reflects Proposition 36 in effect for half of the fiscal year. c Estimated savings amount is a projection. Reflects Proposition 36 in effect for the full fiscal year. Projected Savings of $30.5  Million in 2025-26 and $24.7  Million in 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds

Jan 3, 2017 - Notably, there is significant variation among the six bonds in the pace of expenditures. For example, the state has spent over 95  percent of Proposition  1D education bonds, but only about 60  percent of Proposition  1E flood and Proposition  84 resources bonds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3519