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

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - For example, Lake Tahoe Community College is piloting an online synchronous (live) format in which students and faculty can communicate through videoconferencing and submit assignments online. For security purposes, each course section is being limited to students from the same section of a prison.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Feb 25, 2025 - Newsom federal court case, which ruled in 1995 that CDCR was not providing constitutionally adequate mental health care. Most people in prison with a mental health need can be treated in an outpatient setting, meaning they live in a prison housing unit and receive regular mental health treatment but do not require 24‑hour care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget provides the Department of Finance with authority to augment CMD ’s budget by up to $4.8  million if CMD receives federal matching funds for the purpose of replacing three deteriorating heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems at the Azusa, Sacramento-Okinawa, and Fresno-Hammer Field armories.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor proposes $ 122  m illion for greater living assistance for California Community Colleges, CSU, and UC Cal Grant recipients who have dependent children. The Governor also proposes $9. 6  m illion to fund an additional 4,250 Cal Grant competitive awards, which would raise the total number of new competitive awards authorized annually to 30,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Evaluating the Sale-Leaseback Proposal: Should the State Sell Its Office Buildings? [Publication Details]

Apr 27, 2010 - Over the lives of these buildings, we estimate the transaction would cost the state between $600 million and $1.5 billion. The Legislature will need to weigh how these costs compare to other alternatives for addressing the state’s budget shortfall.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2261

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance

Feb 8, 2019 - Facilities require routine maintenance and repair to keep them in acceptable condition and to preserve and extend their useful lives. When such maintenance is delayed or does not occur, we refer to this as deferred maintenance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3929

The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 26, 2025 - The administration projects Proposition  47 savings to decline to $30.5  million in 2025-26 (which will be the first full fiscal year with Proposition  36 in effect) and $24.7  million in 2026-27 —representing an overall $70  million (74  percent) decline relative to 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

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

Oct 17, 2019 - The total funds $221.7  million will be granted to counties on a 75/25 state/county match basis. Labor Programs Lengthens State ’s Paid Family Leave Benefit by Two Weeks. California ’s paid family leave program provides up to 70  percent wage replacement to workers who take time off to bond with a new child or care for an ill family member.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Schools and Community Colleges After Providing Cost ‑of ‑Living Adjustment (COLA), Package Dedicates Most Available Funding to One ‑Time Purposes. Most of the ongoing school and community college augmentations are to cover a 2. 29  p ercent COLA and enrollment changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135