The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Cannabis Control—Legal and Administrative Hearing Costs

Mar 4, 2024 - Department of Justice (DOJ) Provides Legal Services for DCC. Under the direction of the Attorney General, DOJ provides legal services to state agencies. State agencies can request —and are generally billed for —DOJ services to initiate legal action, defend or represent them in legal actions filed by others, or provide legal advice.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4869

Judicial Branch Actions Responding to COVID-19

May 6, 2020 - Emergency Orders Authorized by the Chief Justice. The California Constitution and state law authorize the Chief Justice to issue emergency orders in certain circumstances —including a condition that leads to a state of emergency being proclaimed by the Governor.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4227

2011 Realignment: Addressing Issues to Promote Its Long-Term Success [Publication Details]

Aug 19, 2011 - In total, the realignment plan provides $6.3 billion to local governments to fund various criminal justice, mental health, and social services programs in 2011-12, and ongoing funds for these programs annually thereafter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2508

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This amount includes $10  million for Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup security costs, $10  million for Family Justice Centers, and $8  million to the City of Los Angeles for fire engine purchases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2016-17 Budget: Department Of Consumer Affairs

Feb 25, 2016 - The budget also includes corresponding increased reimbursement authority for DOJ, which we discussed in our February 2016 report, The 2016-17 Budget: Governor’s Criminal Justice Proposals. LAO Assessment and Recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3371

The 2023-24 Budget: California Volunteers Proposed Program Expansions

Mar 1, 2023 - The program focuses on hiring youth ages 16 to 30 who may not have had access to traditional career ‑building resources, and prioritizes individuals who are lower ‑income, unemployed or out of school, justice ‑involved, transitioning from foster care, and/or engaged with the mental health or substance abuse systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4723

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - RAND found that challenges with placing certain populations —those with co-occurring conditions, such as a traumatic brain injury, certain justice-involved individuals, and individuals with unique needs —can result in bottlenecks in the behavioral health system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

Update on Los Angeles’ Bid for the 2024 Olympics

Mar 23, 2017 - Grants have been made to NSSE cities recently via congressional appropriations to the Office of Justice Programs at the U.S. Department of Justice. KPMG also has recommended that Los  Angeles and other local law enforcement agencies “discuss the additional costs of security beyond those covered by NSSE designation, with the view of determining the required timing
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3622

Key Differences Between Recent Medical Cannabis Laws and Proposition 64: A Preliminary Review

Dec 20, 2016 - Department of Justice chooses not to prosecute most cannabis users and businesses that follow state and local cannabis laws if those laws are consistent with federal priorities, such as preventing cannabis from being taken to other states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3517

The 2018-19 Budget: Census Outreach

Mar 8, 2018 - Department of Justice requested that a question on citizenship be added to the census. No decision on this issue has been announced. The final census form is due to Congress at the end of March  2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3780