The 2017-18 Budget: Department of State Hospitals (DSH)

Feb 22, 2017 - Acute Psychiatric Programs (APPs). APPs provide shorter-term, intensive treatment for inmates who show signs of a major mental illness or higher-level symptoms of a chronic mental illness. Currently, there are 372 APP beds, all of which are in state prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3578

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - A large portion of the General Fund support is used to support the Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS) enforcement teams, which seize firearms from people prohibited from owning or possessing them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

The 2017-18 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Mar 1, 2017 - Acute Psychiatric Programs (APPs). APPs provide shorter-term, intensive treatment for inmates who show signs of a major mental illness or higher level symptoms of a chronic mental illness. Currently, there are 372 APP beds, all of which are in state prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3595

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - The fiscal cost of these changes would be minimal and likely absorbable, depending on how CDCR pursues greater out ‑of ‑state recruitment. Increase Use of CDCR Tele ‑Mental Health to Maximum Court ‑Approved Levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2018-19 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 27, 2018 - Furthermore, it is unclear how the department plans to use savings from civil service maintenance vacancies and whether a portion of the savings could be used to pay for the proposed inmate wage increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3762

The 2023-24 Budget: Racial and Identity Profiling Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - The public has also accessed the data by downloading it from the DOJ website. While the full extent of how such da ta is used is unclear, there are clear examples where it has been used to generate research to further public discourse on racial and identity profiling.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4715

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Public Safety Package

Feb 17, 2022 - Unclear How Funding Would Be Allocated and Used. Given that the Governor proposes to give significant authority to BSCC to implement the three grant program proposals, it is unclear how the grant funding would be allocated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - Most of the General Fund is used to support the Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS) enforcement teams, which seize firearms from individuals prohibited from owning or possessing them. This has been the case since 2019 ‑20 when the budget package shifted full support of these teams over to the General  Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 17, 2019 - The budget package also requires DOJ to submit an evaluation of BFS activities (such as how services are currently provided and what changes would be needed to operate within non-General Fund resources) to the Legislature by January 1, 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4097

The 2023-24 Budget: Judicial Branch Budget Proposals

Feb 10, 2023 - However, the Legislature will want to weigh what level of additional SCFCF funding to provide, if any, as well as how long this increased funding should be provided against its other budget priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4673