Restructuring the Court-Ordered Debt Collection Process [Publication Details]

Nov 10, 2014 - Specifically, we recommend: (1) realigning the current court-ordered debt collection process to the courts, (2) piloting a new collections incentive model that would reward courts for improving collections, and (3) improving data collection to enable comprehensive evaluations of the performance of collection programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3151

Cal Facts 2018 [Publication Details]

Dec 6, 2018 - With a state as big, as populous, and as complex as California, quickly summarizing how its economy or state budget works is impossible. Instead, Cal Facts is a visual guide—using a variety of different charts—to the state's economy, revenues, and major program trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3905

The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation [Publication Details]

Feb 23, 2026 - This brief provides our analysis of the Governor’s 2026-27 budget proposals related to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5137

The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 23, 2026 - We find that the equipment and support staff requested for the program meet this threshold and recommend approving as it could help the state comply with the Coleman court ’s order to reduce vacancies and improve care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2023-24 Budget: Judicial Branch Budget Proposals

Feb 10, 2023 - This  results in 3,510 CARE Program petitions for review and 2,340 participants in 2023 ‑24. For  judicial branch operations, the administration assumes that a certain amount of judicial and court staff time and resources are needed to process each CARE  Program petition and case.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4673

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s Criminal Fine and Fee Proposals

Mar 3, 2017 - However, the Governor’s proposal prioritizes these programs and ensures expenditure reductions are minimized—such as by eliminating support for four other programs entirely and distributing reductions across more programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3600

Achieving the Goals of the SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Oct 10, 2023 - In an attempt to adjust for the effects of the 2011 public safety realignment, legislation was enacted to modify the original S B  678 formula for 2013 ‑14 and 2014 ‑15 to (1)  reflect that fewer people on felony probation could now be sent to prison and (2)  reward counties when they successfully send fewer people on felony probation to prison and jail (rather than just to prison as in the original formula).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4806

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - For a period, the SCFCF ’s insolvency halted the judicial branch ’s construction program. However, after the fiscal difficulties facing the state subsided, the state shifted support for the construction program to the state General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2026-27 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 23, 2026 - Proposition  47 Requires State Savings From Its Punishment Reductions to Be Spent on Specified Programs. By reducing the size of the state ’s prison population, Proposition  47 created state savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5108

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - This includes conducting background checks for people seeking to purchase firearms and ammunition, licensing firearm and ammunition vendors, and administering various other firearm and ammunition programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118