The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - In combination, as shown in Figure  3 , it makes it likely that at least $21  billion could be needed to complete the list of 80 projects. These costs will likely continue to increase over time due to inflation and various other factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

Implementing AB 900's Prison Construction and Rehabilitation Initiatives [Publication Details]

May 14, 2009 - Implementing AB 900's Prison Construction and Rehabilitation Initiatives [Publication Details] Implementing AB 900's Prison Construction and Rehabilitation Initiatives Format: HTML Description: We examine the steps that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has taken to implement Chapter 7, Statutes of 2007 (AB 900,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2063

Overview and Update on the Prison Receivership

Nov 8, 2023 - The court expressed concern about vacancy rates in medical positions and noted that there were vacancy rates as high as 80  percent for registered nurses at some prisons. To reduce the chronic medical vacancies, the Receiver increased salaries across several medical positions to be more competitive and to improve recruitment and retention.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4813

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

Feb 23, 2026 - This brief provides our analysis of the Governor’s 2026-27 budget proposals related to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 9, 2024 - This allowed for the LDF fund balance to steadily grow —reaching nearly $900  million by the end of 2022-23. Additionally, DOJ was only required by state law to report limited information on the fund to the Legislature on a quarterly basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4831

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - In a November 2019 assessment of its facilities, the judicial branch identified a need for a total of 80 construction projects —56 new buildings and 24 renovations —totaling $13.2  billion. These projects were categorized into five groups —and ranked within each group —in the following descending priority order: 18 immediate need projects ($2.3  billion), 29 critical need
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - . $900   Million in Safety Net Reserve. The 2018 ‑ 19 b udget package created the Safety Net Reserve to save money specifically for California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) and Medi ‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2020-21 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 18, 2020 - According to the administration, the proposed resources are an estimate based on the IT budgets of other state departments and will be reassessed as part of the Governor ’s May Revision. $2. 1  m illion in one ‑time moving costs to relocate the current DJJ headquarters to a larger building to accommodate the increase in staff. $900, 000 o ngoing to lease the expanded office space.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4164

The 2018-19 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 27, 2018 - The administration expects these changes to reduce the average daily inmate population by about 2, 900 i n 2018 ‑19, growing to a roughly 5, 000 i nmate reduction by 2020 ‑ 21 r elative to its current level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3762

Improving Parolee Substance Use Disorder Treatment Through Medi-Cal

Apr 14, 2021 - Between July 2018 and June 2019 (the most recent data available), Medi ‑Cal applications were submitted for about 29, 900 o f the 36, 400 i nmates who were released. Of the 29,900 applications submitted, about 24,000 ( 80  p ercent) were approved, 90 (less than 1  p ercent) were denied, and the remaining 5,700 ( 19  p ercent) were pending at the time of  release.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4411