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

Apr 11, 2025 - Additionally, the administration ind icates it does not anticipate proposing future changes to the baseline. This means it would not be adjusted for policy changes such as Proposition  36 (2024). Proposition  36 increased punishment for various theft and drug crimes, which could make it easier for people to fail-to-prison while on county felony supervision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget includes provisional language authorizing the Department of Finance to augment State Emergency Telephone Number Account fund expenditure authority by amounts “necessary to continue implementation of the Next Generation 9-1-1 system, including transition from the legacy 9-1-1 system, ” subject to 30-day legislative notification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Feb 25, 2025 - Patients are supposed to be transferred to an APP within 72 hours of the referral, but no more than ten days after the referral and can generally stay up to 45 days. Currently, there are 489 APP beds, all of which are in state prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

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

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor ’s budget also includes $ 750  m illion (non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund) one time to create more full ‑day kindergarten programs. The funds are primarily intended for constructing new or retrofitting existing school facilities needed to operate the longer ‑day programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

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

Jan 13, 2020 - As discussed in more detail below, the rules of Proposition  2 also require a $ 2  b illion deposit into the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA) —the state ’s primary rainy day fund —in 2020 ‑21. Estimates of the Proposition 98 Minimum Guarantee Under the Governor’s Budget The minimum guarantee is the constitutionally required funding level for schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - In some cases, agencies or departments are not authorized to make expenditures on the development and implementation of a project until 30 calendar days after written notification of the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

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

May 15, 2018 - Instead, the budget requires the Department of Finance (DOF) to provide a list of projects to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) 30 days prior to allocating funds to a department. Subsequent to the allocation of funds, departments may change their list of projects subject to approval by DOF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—State Project Infrastructure Fund

May 14, 2018 - The Governor ’s January budget for 2018 ‑19 includes $29.6  million from the General Fund for the initial planning phase —known as the performance criteria phase —for (1)  the construction of the new building on Richards Boulevard, (2)  the renovation of the Bateson Building, and (3)  the renovation of the Unruh Building.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3840

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - The state provides $5  million ongoing funding for students to have access to Wi ‑Fi in common areas of a prison, such as day rooms, dining halls, gyms, libraries, and classrooms. Incarcerated students connect to the internet for various reasons, including completing research assignments, submitting coursework, or accessing academic support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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