The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate [Publication Details]

May 28, 2024 - In this post, we discuss the Juvenile Custodial Interrogations mandate, which is a newly identified state mandate funded in the Governor’s 2024-25 May Revision budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4910

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - State law tasks the Commission on State Mandates (Commission) with determining whether new state laws or regulations affecting local governments create state-reimbursable mandates. Typically, the process for determining whether a law or regulation is a state-reimbursable mandate takes several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

Overview of Selected Sentencing Changes and Avoided State Costs [Publication Details]

Apr 11, 2024 - Overview of Selected Sentencing Changes and Avoided State Costs [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4892

The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - As absent this proposal direct state funding for self-help centers would decrease to $11  million beginning in 2024 ‑25, this proposal represents a budget augmentation. However, if approved, this proposed augmentation would maintain direct state funding for self-help centers at $30  million —the level it has been at since 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

The 2024-25 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 22, 2024 - As the prison population declines, the state is able to spend less on certain things —such as food and clothing —that are directly tied to the number of people that need to be housed in state prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852

The 2024-25 Budget: County Probation Grants to Support Temporary Increase in the Supervision Population [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2024 - In this post, we evaluate the Governor's proposal to provide $4.4 million to county probation departments to support the temporary increase in the Post Release Community Supervision population resulting from Proposition 57 (2016).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4849

The 2024-25 Budget: County Probation Grants to Support Temporary Increase in the Supervision Population

Feb 20, 2024 - Specifically, before realignment, all people released from state prison were supervised in the community by state parole agents. Following realignment, however, state parole agents only supervise people released from prison whose current offense is classified as serious or violent, as well as certain others such as high-risk sex offenders.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4849

Overview of Juvenile Justice System and County Funding Provided Through the State [Publication Details]

Feb 14, 2024 - Overview of Juvenile Justice System and County Funding Provided Through the State [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4844

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Justice [Publication Details]

Feb 9, 2024 - This post provides an overview of the Governor’s 2024-25 proposed funding levels for the Department of Justice. It also provides our assessment and recommendations on a proposed $100 million loan from the state Litigation Deposit Fund to the state General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4831

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 9, 2024 - Figure 1 Department of Justice Budget Summary (Dollars in Millions) Litigation Deposit Fund Background Litigation Deposit Fund (LDF) Receives Certain State Litigation Proceeds. The LDF is a state special fund that receives litigation proceeds —or monies required by settlement agreements or court judgements to resolve legal cases —in cases where the
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4831