The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - This means that additional issues could be identified that drive further cost increases. The sizeable increase in funding raises questions on whether sufficient oversight was in place to appropriately assess the scope of work and costs before the project began.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

A Review of State Standards and Inspections for Local Detention Facilities

Feb 16, 2021 - Working groups that are appointed by ESCs to carry out subtasks and make recommendations. For example, the ESC tasked with reviewing local detention facility standards convenes multiple working groups, each focused on a particular subject area (such as nutritional health).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4371

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Implementation of Proposition  57 is driving a long ‑term downward trend in the prison population. Reduction of Probation Terms. Chapter  328 of 2020 (A B  1950 , Kamlager) reduced maximum probation terms to one year for misdemeanors and two years for felonies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

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

Feb 23, 2026 - This includes: $4.8  million for 50 medical assistants in 2026 ‑ 27 —a one ‑to ‑one ratio of provider to medical assistant —who will be at the prisons setting up equipment and observing patients during tele ‑mental health appointments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2020-21 Budget: Effectively Managing State Prison Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2020 - For example, federal court requirements to improve inmate health care have driven —and continue to drive —major infrastructure expenditures. In addition, efforts to expand the provision of rehabilitation programs result in infrastructure needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4186

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - We recommend the Legislature approve the Governor ’s proposal for $11.2  million in one-time General Fund support to continue the FITSM project. This will ensure that this necessary project remains uninterrupted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

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

Oct 24, 2025 - Other Notable One-Time General Fund Adjustments. The budget package also includes several other notable one-time General Fund adjustments. These include the following: Proposition  36 (2024). $20  million one-time General Fund to address increased workload and to expand or establish collaborative courts in order to implement Proposition  36,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2021-22 Budget: State Correctional Population Outlook

Nov 19, 2020 - These and other actions related to the implementation of Proposition  57 are driving a long ‑term downward trend in the inmate population. Reduced Reception Center Processing Time. When inmates are first admitted to prison from county jail, they are placed in a reception center where CDCR administers various assessments to determine where they will be housed and what services they need.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4304

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - One way to implement this strategy would be to assign tele ‑mental health staffing to as many CCCMS patients as possible before moving to EOP patients, given EOP patients ’ greater acuity. Deploying such a strategy could also include identifying prisons that face the greatest staffing challenges and utilizing a greater share of remote workers at those facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Aging Cohort of Correctional Officers Driving Retirements. The average correctional officer retires at the age of 55 years after having worked for the state for 23 years —this statistic is unchanged from 2013.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800