The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Previously, state law provided income tax exemptions for wildfire settlements on a case-by-case basis. The administration estimates that this change will decrease revenues by a total of $56  million from fiscal years 2024-25 through 2028-29, though this amount could vary significantly due to uncertainty about damage caused by future wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 26, 2025 - However, Proposition  36 only affects a subset of those cases, such as by allowing multiple acts of misdemeanor theft to be prosecuted as a felony if the combined dollar amount exceeds $950. …Causing Proposition  47 Savings to Be Likely Underestimated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

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

Feb 25, 2025 - However, Proposition  36 only affects a subset of those cases, such as by allowing multiple acts of misdemeanor theft to be prosecuted as a felony if the combined dollar amount exceeds $950. Excludes Crimes That Were Affected by Proposition   36.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - (UCL revenues generally consist of the state ’s share of litigation proceeds from cases related to unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business practices, as well as false or misleading advertising.) Repayment of this loan is required under certain circumstances, most notably if UCL funds are needed to support DOJ legal workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

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

Apr 11, 2025 - However, this is not the case because generally only people with current serious or violent offenses can be placed on parole. Historically, only about half of the people released from prison have been released to parole and the other half to PRCS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - In both cases, federal Pell Grants would reimburse colleges for these costs, with students paying nothing out of pocket. Together, these two recommendations would free up a combined approximately $9  million ongoing Proposition  98 General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds

Jan 3, 2017 - For example, in some cases, there might be opportunities to fund existing programs rather than create new programs to expedite bond expenditures. We note that, in other cases, it may be less feasible to design bonds to go out quickly without affecting other priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3519

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - In the case of state buildings, for example, the analyses can be conducted from the perspective of the state as a building owner —taking into account the costs and benefits that accrue to the state department undertaking the project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

The Administration’s Sacramento Office Building Construction Strategy: Ensuring Robust Oversight

Dec 14, 2016 - Thus, it is particularly important for the administration to clearly articulate any other benefits provided by the strategy in order to make the case that it is worthwhile. Require Analysis of Alternatives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3516

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

Jan 13, 2020 - In some cases the administration ’s proposed change reorganizes existing state functions into a new entity, but in other cases the administration appears to intend to begin providing new state services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135