The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 budget package assumes ongoing savings of $489.8  million ($182.3  million General Fund) (see Attachment 3 of the May 14, 2025 DOF letter) resulting from the permanent elimination of 6,002 vacant positions beginning in 2025-26 (see Attachment 4 of the May 14, 2025 DOF letter).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - Figure 4 Department Has More Acute Psychiatric Program (APP) and Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF) Beds Than Needed Proposed Capacity
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - As shown in the figure, the prison population is projected to decrease by about 3,400 (4  percent) from 94,200 in 2023-24 to 90,900 in 2024-25. The parole population is projected to remain roughly the same at around 35,600.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - The proposed formula has three different payments: (1)  a performance payment, (2)  a maintenance payment, and (3)  a minimum guarantee payment. These payments would determine each county ’s total SB  678 grant award.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2020-21 Budget: Debt Service on Infrastructure Bonds

Nov 20, 2019 - As shown in Figure  1, the DSR has varied considerably in past decades between about 3  percent and 6  percent. In the late 2000s, the DSR grew to about 6  percent following the approval of several large bond measures, as well as a significant reduction in state revenues due to the recession.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4118

The 2015-16 Budget: Effectively Implementing the 2014 Water Bond [Publication Details]

Feb 11, 2015 - On November 4, 2014, voters approved the water bond measure—Proposition 1. In this report, we (1) describe Proposition 1, (2) review the Governor’s proposals to implement the bond, (3) identify key implementation principles, and (4) recommend steps for the Legislature to ensure that the bond is implemented effectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3171

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Figure  3 shows how the $4. 1  b illion in one ‑time or temporary and ongoing spending proposals are distributed across program areas. The largest one ‑time spending proposals include $ 750  m illion to reduce homelessness (in the California Access to Housing and Services Fund) and $ 250  m illion to establish a new loan program for private environmental projects (the Climate Catalyst Revolving Loan Fund).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - To determine whether additional classroom space is warranted within state prisons, the state needs to know: (1)  how much rehabilitation space is already available within prisons, (2)  the extent to which that space is being used, and (3)  how big of a space deficit or surplus exists at each prison and systemwide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - The major changes in Chapter  157 include (1)  changing DBO ’s name to the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI), (2)  authorizing DFPI to promulgate regulations requiring a registration process for businesses offering consumer financial products or services that were previously unregulated, (3)  providing DFPI additional enforcement authority, (4)  reorganizing the department, and (5)  establishing the Financial Technology Innovation Office.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

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

Jan 14, 2019 - Figure 4 Summary of Governor ’s Disaster ‑Related Proposals for 2019 ‑20 ( In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916