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

Apr 11, 2025 - The modified formula was put on hold in 2021-22 through 2024-25, again due to concerns that other factors —such as the COVID-19 pandemic —would cause awards to artificially fluctuate. As a result of this hold, counties received a set amount each year irrespective of performance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This amount includes $10  million for Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup security costs, $10  million for Family Justice Centers, and $8  million to the City of Los Angeles for fire engine purchases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - This includes the reversion of $8  million in unspent funds from 2023-24 for the implementation of the peace officer certification program created by Chapter  409 of 2021 (SB  2, Bradford and Atkins).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Space utilization CDCR and CCC report a lack of sufficient space to hold in ‑person courses, yet CDCR lacks a comprehensive assessment of its space utilization. Adopt statutory space and utilization standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance

Feb 8, 2019 - Deferred maintenance can be caused by various factors, including insufficient funding for ongoing maintenance, diverting maintenance funding to other operational purposes (such as by holding maintenance positions vacant), or poor facility management practices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3929

Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds

Jan 3, 2017 - Starting in late 2008, the state put bond sales on hold due to the state’s cash flow challenges during the Great Recession. This delayed projects across all of the 2006 bonds, often by about a year. Quick Expenditures Are Often Expected and Can Be Desirable . . .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3519

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

May 15, 2018 - Maintaining the state ’s flood infrastructure is critical because levees in poor conditions (partially due to damage from the severe storms of 2016) pose a significant risk to health and safety should they fail, and the state holds liability for any damage that occurs as a result of poorly maintained levees in most of the Central Valley, where this funding is proposed to be used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

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

Feb 25, 2025 - At full implementation, this would include 24.8 custody positions, 8 plant operations positions, 5 information technology positions, 2 librarian positions, and 1 position to support community engagement (such as by processing security clearances for volunteers to enter the prison).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2016-17 Budget: Review of UC’s Merced Campus Expansion Proposal

Feb 10, 2016 - Given the size, scope, and complexity of the Merced proposal, we recommend the Legislature hold hearings in late February or early March to discuss the proposal and convey any concerns to the administration at that time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349

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

Jan 13, 2020 - First, the Governor proposes putting a $4. 8  b illion bond before voters in November 2020 t o fund a variety of activities intended to help the state mitigate and prepare for the effects of climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135