The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - These fee increases, which are estimated to generate about $50  million in new revenue through 2027-28, are designed to help DFPI address a significant structural deficit in the Financial Protection Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - The budget reflects various adjustments to help address the state ’s budget problem. Most notably, the budget includes a $105  million one-time reduction in General Fund support for the judicial branch in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

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

Feb 25, 2025 - For example, peer support specialists can help with alcohol and drug recovery, navigating health care systems, teaching people how to advocate for themselves, and promoting self ‑care. Peer support specialists receive certification and work experience while in prison that can potentially help them gain employment in a similar field upon release.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Having these standards and utilization reports would not only help guide decisions about the amount of classroom space needed but would also help assess the need for other rehabilitation space at a systemwide level and at particular prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2014-15 Budget: A Review of the 2014 California Five-Year Infrastructure Plan [Publication Details]

Feb 10, 2014 - In order to assist the Legislature, we suggest some broad questions it may find helpful in guiding future discussions. We further suggest that the Legislature consider how, as an institution, it addresses infrastructure issues—for example, by creating a joint infrastructure committee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2916

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

Dec 14, 2016 - In order to help the Legislature in determining the approach it prefers to take to address these infrastructure issues, we recommend directing the administration to provide an analysis of the overall strategy that includes key information.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3516

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

Apr 11, 2025 - Recommendations Below, we recommend changes to the Governor ’s proposed SB  678 grant formula that would help address the issues we identified above. These changes would result in a system that would better achieve the stated goals of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Deferred Maintenance

May 15, 2018 - These facility assessments could help identify the actual deferred maintenance needs at facilities and help address our concerns about the accuracy of the deferred maintenance backlogs identified by departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Our recent report, Analyzing UC and CSU Cost Pressures , is intended to help the Legislature as it begins thinking through these issues. Homelessness Governor Proposes $750   Million to Reduce Homelessness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor's State Office Building Proposal

Feb 9, 2016 - Most state facilities are intended to provide benefits over many years, so it makes sense for future as well as current taxpayers to help fund them. Also, by spreading costs out over time, bonds require fewer expenditures in the near term, which provides the Legislature with more budgetary flexibility in the budget year to fund other priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3347