The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - In contrast, counties and cities that use their own resources to support their labs —or those that decide they want to pay a private laboratory for testing —have a greater incentive to carefully prioritize what evidence should be tested and how quickly it should be done.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2023-24 Budget: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training—Office of Administrative Hearing Costs

Feb 13, 2023 - As of January 2023, POST had filled roughly one-third of its 16 positions in the Intake and Disposition bureau, which is responsible for analyzing and evaluating complaints received from the public and serious misconduct allegations received from l aw enforcement agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4677

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Justice Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - In contrast, counties and cities that use their own resources to support their labs —or those that decide they want to pay a private laboratory for testing —have greater incentive to carefully prioritize what evidence should be tested and how quickly it should be done.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4527

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - .) $4  million one-time General Fund for grants to local law enforcement agencies to help ensure that sexual assault forensic evidence is submitted to crime labs for testing. Board of State and Community Corrections The budget provides $617  million for the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) in 2021 ‑ 22 —an increase of $172  million (39  percent) from the revised 2020 ‑21 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The COVID ‑19 pandemic exposed weaknesses in state and local public health systems —in staffing levels, expertise, lab capacity, and flexibility. Public health systems previously have been funded largely with categorical sources of funding —federal grants and state special funds —or one ‑time General Fund for specific purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Under federal l aw, state and local government employers may continue to exclude some employees from Social Security coverage, but only if those employees are enrolled in a retirement plan that meets federal regulations requiring at least a specified level of benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800