The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This is a net increase of $5  million (3  percent) over the revised 2024-25 level. (This does not reflect some adjustments related to Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12 of the 2024-25 and 2025-26 budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Feb 26, 2025 - These declines are driven by the administration ’s estimates that the prison population reduction attributable to Proposition  47 will decline by 3,357 (88  percent) over the period. This primarily reflects the administration ’s projections that Proposition  36 will significantly reduce the impact of Proposition  47 on the prison population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

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

Apr 11, 2025 - It is not clear why this amount is the most reasonable to base funding on —particularly given that it makes up over 80  percent of counties ’ total grant awards under the proposed formula. Does Not Support Program Goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

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

Feb 25, 2025 - Without answers to these questions, it is difficult for the Legislature to provide oversight over the development and implementation of the California Model and evaluate any future funding requests. We discuss these key questions below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Community colleges typically report graduation rates by cohort over a three ‑year or four ‑year period. For incarcerated students, the graduation rate over these periods is very low —less than 5  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - On the other hand, cash financing has certain benefits over bonds. Most notably, using cash can lower overall spending for a project. This is because the state does not have to make interest payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - The budget package also includes the following notable changes: $5  million one-time General Fund for use over five years (1)  to coordinate and assist local and tribal law enforcement agencies in the identification and investigation of missing and murdered indigenous individuals and (2)  for DOJ to act as a liaison between tribal governments, families, and other law enforcement agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

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

Jan 14, 2019 - Although over the long term the districts ’ CalSTRS rate would be only slightly lower than it would be otherwise, the value of a making a $ 700  m illion unfunded liability payment now would grow over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Debt Service on Infrastructure Bonds

Nov 15, 2017 - We estimate that the DSR will remain somewhat below 5  percent over the next several years. This is because we project that General Fund revenues will increase at roughly the same pace as debt-service costs over the projection period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3713

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

Feb 10, 2016 - UC Traditionally Has Proposed Campus Growth Incrementally Over Longer Time Frame. The next question the Legislature will want to consider is over what time frame it would like to attain its enrollment target for Merced.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349