The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - The Governor proposes to pay down $8.4  billion of this amount, with districts receiving the associated cash in 2021 ‑22. Slightly more than $4  billion would remain deferred from 2021 ‑22 to 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - Specifically, this includes $17  million in 2018 ‑19, $7  million in 2020 ‑21, $17  million in 2021 ‑22, and $17  million in 2022 ‑23. Shriver Program. The 2020 ‑21 budget included $11  million in ongoing funding from the TCTF to reflect the additional amount of revenue available to support the program after Chapter  217 of 2019 (AB  330,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - The budget proposes $11  million one ‑time General Fund to relocate 24 courtrooms out of leased space in Los Angeles County. The lease will not be extended as the building is expected to be sold. Of this amount, $4.6  million would be used to relocate 17 courtrooms into six existing courthouses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - The budget reflects the planned closure of DVI in Tracy by September 30, 2021. This closure is estimated to generate General Fund savings of $100.9  million in 2021 ‑22 and $126.1  million in 2022 ‑23 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 16, 2023 - This closure is the result of legislation included in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 budget packages, which realigned responsibility for DJJ youths from the state to the counties. Health Care. The budget provides various augmentations related to correctional health care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - The status of the remaining 40 percent is unclear, as shown in Figure 11. Summary of LAO 2021 Report Findings on the Litigation Deposit Fund (LDF) Our January 2021 report — Increasing Oversight of the State Litigation Deposit Fund —found that current state law and the Department of Justice (DOJ) practices related to the LDF limit the opportunity for the Legislature to conduct effective oversight of the LDF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Under this proposal, the tool would be implemented in an additional 10 c ourts in 2021 ‑22, 21 c ourts in 2022 ‑23, and the last 20 c ourts in 2023 ‑24. The Governor ’s budget proposes $4. 4  m illion in 2021 ‑22, declining to $2. 7  m illion annually beginning in 2024 ‑25, to support this expansion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - However, beginning in 2022-23, expenditures began outpacing revenues, shrinking the fund balance. The Governor ’s budget estimates that the DROS Special Account will be insolvent in 2026-27 if no action is taken.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Subsequently, retail theft rebounded between 2021 and 2023. Over the entire ten ‑year period —2014 to 2023 —reported retail theft increased by about 11  percent, though some counties experienced differing trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 26, 2022 - As shown in the figure, the prison population is projected to increase by about 4,900 (5 percent) from 98,000 in 2021-22 to 102,900 in 2022-23. The parole population is projected to decrease by about 2,900 (6 percent) from 46,500 in 2021-22 to 43,600 in 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625