Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - This year, several community colleges that are large providers of correspondence courses are piloting a form of online instruction in place of the traditional paper ‑and ‑mail model. For example, Lake Tahoe Community College is piloting an online synchronous (live) format in which students and faculty can communicate through videoconferencing and submit assignments online.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - This provides DOJ with discretion on how much workload is generated —such as whether DOJ pursues investigations and litigation as well as how many such cases are initiated. For example, Chapter  857 authorizes DOJ to seek civil penalties and other remedies if online marketplaces do not comply with state law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701

The 2020-21 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 18, 2020 - These technologies would include a secure online portal where students could access and download academic materials and video conferencing equipment that would potentially be used to allow instructors to teach more students than would be possible in a traditional classroom environment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4164

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

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

Jun 12, 2025 - This is particularly relevant to the regulation of online market places to prevent the sale of stolen goods. This is a relatively new area of regulation and one that is likely continuing to evolve as new online platforms or criminal strategies for utilizing existing o nes emerge.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - For example, the Commission estimates how many youths would require legal counsel before the waiver of Miranda rights and prior to an interrogation by using annual arrest data. Although data specifically on how many youths ages 16 and 17 were subject to an inter rogation would be preferable, such data are not available statewide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

Improving California’s Criminal Fine and Fee System

Jan 5, 2016 - For example, one promising mechanism available to the Legislature for mitigating the impact on many counties is through reducing or eliminating the MOEs they are currently required to pay to the state related to trial court operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3322

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - First, it is unclear how many courts will make use of this authorization and how they would use it. Moreover, it is unclear what the net effect on court workload and costs would be. On the one hand, costs and workload could increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - In the coming weeks, we will analyze the plan in more detail and release many additional issue ‑specific budget analyses. Budget Roughly Balanced In November, we found that the underlying condition of the state ’s budget was roughly balanced.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

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