The 2023-24 Budget: May Revision Proposals Related to the California Model and San Quentin State Prison

May 19, 2023 - Specifically, this report should include the following information: Objectives of the Model. The report should detail the objectives of the California Model and how achieving these objectives would further the model ’s goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4771

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

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - Additionally, DOJ discussed the benefits and drawbacks of various methods for implementing a cost ‑sharing model with local agencies. Such methods included establishing: (1)  an hourly rate for services provided, (2)  a flat fee by type of service provided, (3)  a flat fee by county, and (4)  a hybrid flat fee ‑hourly rate model.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

Restructuring the Court-Ordered Debt Collection Process [Publication Details]

Nov 10, 2014 - Specifically, we recommend: (1) realigning the current court-ordered debt collection process to the courts, (2) piloting a new collections incentive model that would reward courts for improving collections, and (3) improving data collection to enable comprehensive evaluations of the performance of collection programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3151

The 2017-18 Budget: Federal Receiver for Inmate Medical Services

Mar 3, 2017 - Because the new staffing model should account for all medication management workload, costs associated with the use of overtime and registry staff for medication management should be largely eliminated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3601

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

Feb 23, 2026 - This brief provides our analysis of the Governor’s 2026-27 budget proposals related to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2016-17 Budget: Governor’s Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 22, 2016 - To address this problem, the Medical Classification Staffing Model, which established standardized staffing ratios for health care providers, was adopted by the state in 2014 –15 . While this model accounted for all classifications involved in the direct care of patients, it did not specify requirements for supervisory staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3359

Improving In-Prison Rehabilitation Programs

Dec 6, 2017 - Specifically, OIG would measure the extent to which each CDCR program implements the best practices of the research ‑based program it is modeled after. We would note that there are existing tools developed by researchers available to conduct these fidelity assessments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3720

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - State law further requires our office to analyze any new mandates identified b y the Commission as a part of our annual analysis of the state budget. In particular, state law directs our office to report on the annual state costs for new mandates and make recommendations to the Legislature as to whether the new mandates should be repealed, funded, suspended, or modified.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

Assessing the Provision of Criminal Indigent Defense

Sep 22, 2022 - In this holistic defense model, defense attorneys —as well as investigators, social workers, and other staff —work collectively on a defendant ’s case. Additionally, the manner in which indigent defense staff are used can also vary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4623