Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

Jun 12, 2025 - No Exact Measure of Retail Theft Incidents. The number of incidents in which retail businesses are victims of theft ‑related crime is not tracked in statewide crime statistics. This is because statewide crime statistics are generally not tracked by the type of victim.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

2016 Data on Crime in California

Oct 17, 2017 - Slight Decrease in Property Crime, Slight Increase in Violent Crime Since 2015 In 2016, about 3,000 crimes were reported in California per 100,000 residents —a total of about 1.2  million incidents. Of these crimes, 85  percent were property and 15  percent were violent crimes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3708

The 2017-18 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Mar 1, 2017 - This is for two reasons: Lack of Monitoring Limits Ability to Respond to Incidents. First, CDCR is not proposing to monitor all cameras in real time or to watch all recorded video. As such, it is unclear how CDCR could use videos as a means to intervene in violent incidents, contraband smuggling, or attempted suicide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3595

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Public Safety Package

Feb 17, 2022 - We note, however, that some experts and retailers report observing an increase in the criminal sophistication of shoplifters and the level of brazenness and violence involved in incidents of theft. This could warrant concern even if the total number of incidents has not changed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 9, 2024 - Instead, DOJ is responsible for administeri ng the fund and had significant discretion over when funds would be transferred from the LDF —including to its own special funds. This allowed for the LDF fund balance to steadily grow —reaching nearly $900  million by the end of 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4831

The 2017-18 Budget: Department of State Hospitals (DSH)

Feb 22, 2017 - These key outcomes are (1) whether ETP patients are able to return to the general population without additional violent incidents, (2) the effect of ETP units on overall rates of patient violence, and (3) whether the ETP pilot units could be modified in order to improve these outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3578

The 2023-24 Budget: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training—Office of Administrative Hearing Costs

Feb 13, 2023 - Accordingly, we recommend that the Legislature adopt provisional language limiting the use of the funds to OAH hearing costs and requiri ng any unspent funds revert back to the General Fund. This will ensure that, if the OAH hearing costs are less than estimated, the unused funds could not be redirected by POST to other priorities, but would instead return to the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4677

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

May 19, 2023 - Reducing incidents of use of force, staff assaults, overdoses, self-harm, homicides, suicides, grievances, self-isolation, and admissions to mental health crisis beds. The Governor announced the membership of the advisory council on May 5, 2023, which can be found here .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4771

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - During these visits, students shared their challenges, such as having instruction disrupted by prison security incidences that required them to return to their cells and encountering technology glitches (such as having difficulty finding areas of the prison with a strong enough Wi‑Fi signal for their laptops).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2023-24 Budget: Judicial Branch Budget Proposals

Feb 10, 2023 - Providing funding for one year can ensure that data is collected from Cohort 1 to inform legislative deliberations to ensure that the appropriate level of funding is bei ng provided in future years as well as whether potential legislative changes are needed to  ensure the CARE Program operates as intended and/or to control the cost of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4673