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

Apr 11, 2025 - In this post, we assess the Governor’s proposed changes to the Community Corrections Performance Incentive grant program, commonly referred to as the SB 678 grant program, and provide our recommendations to modify the Governor’s proposal to better achieve the goals of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - The budget includes a $247.6  million one-time reduction in General Fund support for trial court operations in 2024-25 in order to reflect the availability of property tax revenue in accordance with Control Section 15.45 and Section 2578 of the Education Code.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - Third, assuming that Title   24 b uilding efficiency codes continue to become stricter, buildings built to code will be closer to the energy efficiency necessary for ZNE. This will reduce the additional cost associated with implementing the incremental energy efficiency measures required to make the building ZNE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance

Feb 8, 2019 - For example, some departments have included projects as deferred maintenance that are not traditionally considered as such —for example, energy and water efficiency upgrades and code compliance work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3929