The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - Bruen case that found laws requiring people provide “good cause ” to carry a concealed weapon to be unconstitutional. As a result, states that want to regulate a person ’s ability to carry concealed weapons (including California) must have “shall-issue ” regulatory regimes, meaning such states are required to issue carry concealed permits to people seeking them if they meet nondiscretionary criteria.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

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

Oct 24, 2025 - It also includes $3.2  million annually (mainly General Fund) to maintain funding for carry concealed weapon license workload and about $2  million annually from the General Fund for increased firearms clearance workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2023-24 Budget: Increased Federal Authority For State Crisis Intervention Program

Feb 22, 2023 - The funding is expected to be used to support new or expanded collaborative courts and/or to focus on developing local policies and procedures related to gun violence, firearm relinquishment, as well as ammunition and lethal weapon buybacks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4697

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

Oct 16, 2023 - It also includes $5  million in 2023-24 ($2.9  million DROS and $2  million Fingerprint Fees Account) and $3.2  million in 2024-25 to begin addressing an anticipated increase in carry concealed weapon license workload due to a June 2022 United States Supreme Court Ruling.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805

The 2017‑18 Budget: Implementation of Proposition 57

Apr 6, 2017 - According to BPH, this determination would be based on the following factors: (1) circumstances surrounding the crime (such as whether a weapon was used); (2) prior criminal record; (3) institutional behavior and rehabilit ation program participation; and (4) any input provided from victims, the district attorney, and the inmate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3648

Improving California’s Prison Inmate Classification System

May 2, 2019 - Inmates who are temporarily living in a restricted housing unit often as punishment for committing particularly severe rule violations, such as assault or possession of a weapon. Close Custody. Inmates who meet certain criteria, such as those who ( 1)  a re in the first 5 years of a sentence of 25 years or more to life, ( 2)  h ave a history of escape, or ( 3)  h ave committed a severe rule violation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4023