The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - In this brief, we analyze the Governor’s budget proposals for the Department of Justice related to (1) the Bureau of Forensic Services and (2) firearm-related workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2025 - In this brief, we analyze the Governor’s budget proposals for the Department of Justice related to (1) the Bureau of Forensic Services and (2) firearm-related workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4972

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Justice Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Regardless of the alternatives (such as if a new fund source other than the General Fund is identified), we do recommend that the local ag encies provide some support in order to provide greater incentive to prioritize workload submitted to BFS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4527

Improving California’s Prison Inmate Classification System

May 2, 2019 - By developing a new methodology, CDCR and the researchers will be able to ( 1)  c onsider what forms of misconduct require additional security resources; ( 2)  u tilize recent data, which is likely more accurate, detailed, and reflective of current realities than past data; and ( 3)  p otentially eliminate the need for some manual overrides of the score.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4023

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - The report seeks to compare separately the compensation cost of entry-level correctional officers with entry-level deputy sheriffs (after graduating from the academy) and full journey-level correctional officers with full journey-level depu ty sheriffs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - On January 10, 2022, Governor Newsom presented his proposed state budget to the Legislature. In this report, we provide a brief summary of the proposed budget based on our initial review. In the coming weeks, we will analyze the plan in more detail and release several additional budget analyses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2023-24 Budget: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 16, 2023 - This brief provides our analysis of the Governor’s 2023-24 budget proposals related to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4686