The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The administration indicates schools may use these funds for either ( 1)  s pecial education services for students with disabilities or ( 2)  e arly intervention programs for students who are not yet receiving special education services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - Similarly, while most of the remaining projects on the 2019 list have not been reassessed, the costs of projects in other parts of the state are likely increasing. For example, the 2019 assessment estimated the new Fresno Courthouse project would cost $483  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - DROS Special Account expenditures routinely exceeded revenues prior to 2019-20 —resulting in the decline of the fund balance. To help ensure sufficient revenues would be available to support BOF workload, Chapter  736 of 2019 (AB  1669, Bonta) enabled DOJ to increase the DROS fee charged from $19 to $31.19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 23, 2026 - CDCR indicates that it is attempting to achieve temporary cost savings through a variety of actions, including limiting travel, training, and overtime where possible, as well as not filling vacant positions as fast as it otherwise would.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Staff at the prison have indicated that this improves the prison ’s ability to deliver care, increases morale, and makes the prison a more desirable place  to  work. Eliminating Excess Inpatient Bed Capacity Excess Inpatient Capacity Means CDCR Trying to Fill More Vacancies and Spending More Than Necessary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - Assessment Proposed Project Generally Reasonable … The selection of the new Tracy courthouse is generally reasonable as it is the next project in line to be funded when following the judicial branch ’s 2019 ranked list of facility project needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Governor's Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 19, 2019 - In view of the above, we recommend that the Legislature direct CDCR to estimate the maintenance, repair, and fuel savings, as well as the increase in auction revenue from the sale of the replaced vehicles, that it indicates would be generated by implementing the proposed vehicle replacement program, and provide such estimates by April 1, 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3940

The California State Bar: Considerations for a Fee Increase

Jun 26, 2019 - The State Bar —both in conversations with us and in board meeting materials —indicates that it has a long ‑term goal of providing rank ‑and ‑file employees the same benefit it currently provides executive employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4080

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

Jun 12, 2025 - Specifically, the number of people incarcerated in either state prison or county jail declined by about 14,000 (7  percent) between 2014 and 2015 and by about 44,000  (22  percent) between 2019 and 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The California State Bar: Assessment of Proposed Disciplinary Case Processing Standards

Jan 6, 2023 - As noted above, we previously indicated in 2019 that increased legislative oversight could be beneficial. One  such option to consider is including the State Bar in the annual state budget process to increase legislative oversight by leveraging the expertise of the budgetary committees to evaluate State Bar funding requests in a manner similar to other state departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4655