Improving In-Prison Rehabilitation Programs

Dec 6, 2017 - For example, the department could consider shifting unused rehabilitation slots or allocating a greater number of new rehabilitation slots to an institution which fully utilizes its existing slots or has a greater number of the highest ‑risk and highest ‑need inmates with unmet needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3720

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

Jan 14, 2019 - These slots would be on top of the almost 9,000 full ‑day slots the state added over the past three years. Extending preschool to all children from low ‑income families is consistent with considerable research that has concluded the benefits of preschool are greatest for these children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Improving California’s Criminal Fine and Fee System

Jan 5, 2016 - For example, one promising mechanism available to the Legislature for mitigating the impact on many counties is through reducing or eliminating the MOEs they are currently required to pay to the state related to trial court operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3322

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - In addition, the Receiver ’s plan would also increase the pool of people that can provide services to the mental health population by expanding clinical internship slots across the prisons. Not only will interns perform work while part of the program, but it is also possible that they will become employed permanently by CDCR.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Below, we discuss both of these mechanisms in more detail, and how Proposition  47 and pandemic ‑era changes could have impacted observed retail theft trends in California through these mechanisms. Then, we summarize research finding evidence that Proposition  47 increased larceny (a type of theft that includes shoplifting as well as non ‑retail thefts), though it remains unclear whether and how it impacted retail theft specifically.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - Chapter 700 of 2022 (AB 2879, Low): Cyberbullying Online Content Requires social media platforms disclose all cyberbullying reporting procedures in its terms of service and provide an online mechanism to report cyberbullying or any content that violates existing terms of service.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701

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

Feb 23, 2026 - Goal 6 Create Mechanisms to Demonstrate Remedies Selected Actions Partner with external expert to assess feasibility of seeking accreditation. CDCR = California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

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

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Because demand for a CCC education generally outstrips the number of in ‑person slots, colleges must decide which incarcerated people have enrollment priority. Enrollment priority is determined by each college.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

A Review of State Standards and Inspections for Local Detention Facilities

Feb 16, 2021 - While statute requires BSCC to report which adult detention facilities are not in compliance with the standards, it does not give BSCC a mechanism to enforce the standards (such as by fining facilities).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4371