The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - Key Questions Remain Unanswered for the California Model as a Whole. Even after the administration develops a specific plan for SQRC, certain key questions will remain about the California Model as a whole.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Model Left Unchanged How Colleges Are Funded for Incarcerated Students. The new funding model —known as the Student Centered Funding Formula (SCFF) —did not change how the state funds incarcerated students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - The resulting ZNE components of the project had an estimated discounted payback period of about 40  y ears, which the department estimated was in line with their expected useful life. Despite Value, Departments Have Not Been Doing Cost ‑Benefit Analyses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - The 2023-24 budget included funding for capital outlay at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (SQ) intended to support an effort to develop the California Model, which is broadly focused on promoting a more rehabilitative and health-focused environment in California prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - The budget also provides $ 600  m illion for two new grant programs: (1) $ 300  m illion for grants to help low ‑performing schools and districts improve their performance and (2) $ 300  m illion for schools that implement the community schools model —which typically integrates health, mental health, and other services for students and families and provides these services directly on school campuses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2016-17 Budget: Review of UC’s Merced Campus Expansion Proposal

Feb 10, 2016 - As part of its May 2015 agreement with the Governor, UC plans to experiment with different pricing models at three campuses in summer 2016 to encourage more students to enroll during that term. If UC were to expand these efforts, it potentially could accommodate a significant number of students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - To encourage individuals to maintain coverage and avoid potential premium increases, the Governor proposes creating a state individual mandate modeled after the original federal mandate. The Governor further proposes to use the revenues from the mandate to pay for additional subsidies for those who purchase health insurance through Covered California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916