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

Feb 26, 2025 - The methodology counts 2013-14 prison admissions for people who were convicted of receiving stolen property. However, this crime was generally not affected by Proposition  36. Similarly, the estimate appears to include all admissions for the lower level theft crimes affected by Proposition  47.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

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

Feb 25, 2025 - (We note that the bed need study counts the 336 inpatient beds in state hospitals towards the prison inpatient capacity.) CDCR cannot modify the number of beds without notifying the Special Master and receiving approval from the Coleman court.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Specifically, to avoid double counting previously provided funds or because specific data are not available, we do not include projects for which funding is: (1)  continuously appropriated, such as some bond funds; (2)  reappropriated, which provides additional time for the completion of the project; (3)  reverted, if a project ended or requires modification; (4)  previously
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Apr 11, 2025 - For example, because state prisons were not admittin g people for a portion of 2021 to prevent the spread of the virus, some people who should have been counted in failure-to-prison rates were not. This could have the effect of making it more difficult for counties to demonstrate improvement relative to the proposed baselines, artificially lowering grant awards through the performance payment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The budget provides a total of $ 577  m illion ($ 390  m illion ongoing and $ 187  m illion one time) to districts based on their unduplicated counts of low ‑income students, English learners, and students with disabilities they serve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - The components are: (1)  a  base allocation linked to enrollment (about 70  percent of formula funding),  (2)  a supplemental allocation linked to low ‑income student counts (about 20  percent of formula funding), and (3)  a student success allocation linked to specified student outcomes (about 10  percent of formula funding).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Feb 10, 2016 - Some of these changes, such as counting more college preparatory work as college credit and reducing the required units for certain degrees, could reduce the need for some students to take certain courses, thereby freeing up space for other students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349