The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - Assessment Proposed Project Generally Reasonable … The selection of the new Tracy courthouse is generally reasonable as it is the next project in line to be funded when following the judicial branch ’s 2019 ranked list of facility project needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

The 2023-24 Budget: May Revision Proposals Related to the California Model and San Quentin State Prison

May 19, 2023 - Under this delivery method, the state selects one contractor to provide both design and construction services through a qualifications-based procurement process, which can allow for a shorter overall project time line.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4771

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - On a net basis, these items slightly improve the budget’s bottom line. Neither our November estimates nor the administration ’s estimates included any costs associated with the devastating wildfires in Southern California, as both were developed before those wildfires began.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2020-21 Budget: Effectively Managing State Prison Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2020 - Develop Project Priority Order and Time Line After identifying a list of projects to accomplish over the next ten years, the state will need to determine when the projects will be completed. Accordingly, we recommend that the Legislature direct CDCR to provide a project priority order and time line by January 10, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4186

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

Feb 23, 2026 - The Receiver acknowledges that the time line is ambitious. The medical Receivership has been in place for nearly 20 years, despite indications over that time period that it might be coming to an end.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2017-18 Budget: Department of Justice

Jan 31, 2017 - Proposition  56 LAO Bottom Line. We recommend the Legislature require DOJ to report by April 1 on how it plans to (1) use Proposition  56 funds for the enforcement of tobacco-related laws, (2) allocate Proposition  56 funds to local law enforcement, and (3) provide sufficient oversight to ensure that the funds are used in accordance to the requirements of the measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3543

The 2017-18 Budget: Federal Receiver for Inmate Medical Services

Mar 3, 2017 - Health Care Appeals Process LAO Bottom Line. Given that the proposed health care appeals process would likely reduce costs, we recommend that the Legislature direct the Receiver to implement it at all institutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3601

The 2016-17 Budget: Governor’s Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 22, 2016 - Augmentation for Inmate Pharmaceuticals LAO Bottom Line. We recommend that the Legislature approve increases to the inmate pharmaceutical budget based on estimated projections for the pharmaceutical Consumer Price Index (CPI) in 2015 –16 and 2016 –17 , rather than based on past –year changes as proposed by the Governor.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3359

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - It also is unclear whether state and local public health agencies have the capacity to support schools on such a short time line. The Legislature will want t o consider whether the proposal provides sufficient time for planning and whether the schools and public health agencies have the capacity to effectively implement the requirements under the time lines specified.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2017-18 Budget: Trial Court Security Funding for Counties

Jan 25, 2017 - The 2017-18 Budget: Trial Court Security Funding for Counties The 2017-18 Budget Trial Court Security Funding for Counties LAO Bottom Line. We recommend that the Legislature reject the Governor ’s proposal to provide a $280,000 General Fund augmentation for counties for increased trial court security costs resulting from the reallocation of vacant judgeships, due to a lack of justification that the proposed funding is needed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3538