The 2022-23 Budget: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training

Jan 31, 2022 - How Will S B   2 Implementation Affect the Program? As discussed above, POST faces considerable S B  2 implementation challenges, including the need to roughly double its workforce by January 1, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4507

The 2023-24 Budget: Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Testing Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - The 2023-24 Budget: Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Testing Mandate The 2023-24 Budget Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Testing Mandate Constitution Requires the State to Reimburse Local Governments for Mandated Activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4714

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

Oct 16, 2023 - This amount consists of (1) $2.7  million to the Supreme Court for court-appointed private counsel ($2.2  million) and the California Appellate Project ($500,000), and (2) $250,000 for the Habeas Corpus Resource Center.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - In  2023 ‑24, BFS processed 36,422 submissions. As shown in Figure  2 , two ‑thirds of the processed submissions were for county or city local government entities. About 30  percent of the workload was for state entities, with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) being the two largest users.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2026-27 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 23, 2026 - Figure 1 Administration Projects Decrease in Proposition 47 Savings Due to Proposition 36 2023 ‑24
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5108

The 2023-24 Budget: Racial and Identity Profiling Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - Such reporting was to be implemented in waves between 2019 and 2023. Specifically, state law required that such data first be reported by April 2019 from agencies employing 1,000 or more officers ( “Wave 1 ”), by April 2020 from agencies employing 667 to 1,000 officers ( “Wave 2 ”), by April 2022 from agencies employing 334 to 667 officers ( “Wave 3 ”), and by April 2023 from agencies employing less than 334 officers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4715

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

Jun 12, 2025 - To arrest someone for a misdemeanor, one of the following circumstances must also apply: (1)  the crime was committed in the officer ’s presence, (2)  the crime was committed in the presence of a private person and that person delegates their authority to make a private person ’s arrest (also known as a citizen ’s arrest) to the peace officer, or
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - For example, beginning July  2023, Chapter  857 of 2022 (S B  301 , Skinner) requires online marketplaces to mandate their high ‑volume, third ‑party sellers to (1)  report specific information, (2)  verify the provided information, (3)  suspend future sales of third ‑party sellers that do not comply with reporting and other specified conditions, and (4)  comply with certain recordkeeping procedures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701

Promoting Equity in the Parole Hearing Process

Jan 5, 2023 - Available data indicate that candidates who rely on state ‑appointed attorneys are (1)  less likely to be granted parole and (2)  when not granted parole, wait a longer time until their next parole hearing, as compared to candidates who have private attorneys.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4658

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - For example, the 2023-24 budget package included $19.3  million in 2023-24 (decreasing to $6  million annually beginning in 2026-27) —mostly from the DROS Special Account —for the implementation of five pieces of enacted legislation, increased or new baseline workload, and the continuation of FITSM.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118