The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - In addition, trial court staff tend to sp end significantly more time processing a self-represented filing than one with legal representation. For example, a self-represented litigant who files incomplete or inaccurate paperwork can lead to the litigant having to file paperwork repeatedly, the court having to continue or delay cases, or the court needing to schedule additional hearings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - In court filings, CDCR indicated to the Coleman court that it planned to deactivate 249 inpatient beds because “from September 2024 to present, between 40  percent and 48  percent of inpatient beds have been empty and unused. ” CDCR informed the court that closing such beds would still provide a sufficient buffer to accommodate fluctuations in the inpatient mental health population in the near term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Without a waiver of Miranda rights, information collected through a law enforcement interrogation generally is not permissible in a court case filed against the youth. State Required Legal Counsel for Certain Arrested Youths.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

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

Jan 6, 2023 - Such metrics include the average, median, and standard deviation number of days (as well as the number of cases) for fully adjudicated matters from receipt of the complaint from investigators to when charges are filed; from the filing of an accusation to when a stipulated agreement is reached; from the filing of charges to when a hearing date is requested; and from the date a hearing was requested to when a hearing commenced.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4655

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

Feb 23, 2026 - Newsom , was filed in federal court alleging that the state violated the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment by providing inadequate mental health care in the state ’s prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The California State Bar: Considerations for a Fee Increase

Jun 26, 2019 - State Bar rank ‑and ‑file employees are organized into two bargaining units —one represents attorneys and the other represents other rank ‑and ‑file employees. The rank ‑and ‑file employees are represented at the bargaining table by Service Employees International, Local 1000 —the largest state employee union.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4080

The 2022-23 Budget: Monitoring Correctional System Staff Misconduct Investigations

Feb 9, 2022 - For example, an inmate might file a grievance arguing that the temperature inside his or her cell is excessively hot. In some cases, grievances allege that a violation of law, policy, or ethical standards by staff has taken place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4520

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 24, 2025 - The budget provides Judicial Council with discretion in allocating the funding, but requires that at least half of the funding be allocated based on each trial court ’s share of 2023-24 non-traffic criminal filings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

Overview and Update on the Prison Receivership

Nov 8, 2023 - Newsom , was filed in federal court contending the state violated the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment by providing inadequate medical care in the state ’s prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4813

The 2016-17 Budget: Fiscal Impacts of Proposition 47

Feb 12, 2016 - First, the administration projected that 80,000 fewer felony cases would be filed and 74,000 additional misdemeanor cases would be filed, resulting in an total decrease of 6,000 cases in 2015 –16 . (Fewer overall cases would be filed to the extent locals choose not to pursue misdemeanor charges for cases that would have been previously charged as felonies.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3352