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

May 19, 2023 - Statutory Changes to Rename SQ the “San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. ” The Governor proposes to change the name of the prison as written in state law from “California State Prison at San Quentin ” to the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4771

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - Governor’s Proposal Fund Performance Criteria Stage of San Joaquin County New Tracy Courthouse Project. The Governor ’s 2025 ‑26 budget proposes to provide $2.9  million one ‑time General Fund to support the Performance Criteria phase of the San Joaquin County New Tracy Courthouse.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch [Publication Details]

Feb 12, 2025 - In this brief, we provide an overview of the proposed funding for the judicial branch in 2025-26. We also analyze the Governor’s budget proposals to increase discretionary funding to the trial courts and start a capital outlay project to construct the new Tracy Courthouse in San Joaquin County.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4959

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 24, 2025 - This includes $50  million for fire and life safety system projects at the Orange County Central Justice Center and the San Diego East County Regional Center and $7.2  million for lactation room projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - The budget proposes $320  million in lease revenue bond authority for the design ‑build phase of the new San Luis Obispo Courthouse project. (While this would not result in immediate General Fund costs, the lease revenue payments will come from the General Fund.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2017-18 Budget: Trial Courts and the County Office of Education General Fund Offset

Feb 16, 2017 - (These counties were Placer, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, and Santa Clara.) Governor ’s Budget Underestimates Excess Property Tax Revenue. The Governor ’s budget estimates that excess property tax revenue in 2017-18 will not increase over the 2016-17 level of $37 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3567

Improving California’s Criminal Fine and Fee System

Jan 5, 2016 - Based on our assessment of existing criminal fines and fees, we recommend excluding two types of fines and fees from being deposited to the General Fund —fish and game assessments and victim restitution orders.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3322

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 26, 2022 - This amount includes $131.8  million for pre-construction activities for five new projects (Fresno, Los Angeles Santa Clarita, Plumas Quincy, San Luis Obispo, and Solano). It also includes $29.6 million to build out empty courtrooms in four counties (Kings, Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Sutter) to accommodate 5 of the 23 new judgeships included in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 16, 2023 - In addition to the amounts above, the budget also includes a total of $360.6  million in new lease revenue bond authority to demolish an existing building and construct a new educational and vocational center at San Quentin State Prison (SQ).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805

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

Mar 3, 2017 - Accordingly, we recommend the Legislature require that nearly all fine and fee revenue, excluding those subject to certain legal restrictions (such as monies collected for violations of state law protecting fish and game), be deposited into the General Fund for subseque nt appropriation by the Legislature in the annual state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3600