The 2024-25 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 22, 2024 - Between the start of the pandemic and January  28, 2024, a total of about 96,000 COVID ‑19 cases have been reported by CDCR as occurring within prisons. There have been 263 incarcerated people and 50 staff who have had COVID ‑19 ‑related deaths.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - The budget includes $71  million limited ‑term General Fund ($36  million in 2026 ‑27 and $35  million in 2027 ‑28) and $7.1  million SCFCF reimbursement authority ($3.6  million in 2026 ‑27 and $3.5  million in 2027 ‑28) for a previously approved facility modification project at the Orange CJC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

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

Feb 23, 2026 - This decreases to $3.4  million in 2027 ‑28 and ongoing. $674,000 for equipment and software in 2026 ‑27. This increases to $893,000 in 2027 ‑28 before decreasing to $442,000 in 2028 ‑29 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

Judicial Branch Actions Responding to COVID-19

May 6, 2020 - At the time this post was prepared, the Chief Justice also approved numerous emergency orders requested by the Supreme Court, each of the state ’s six Courts of Appeal, and 54 of 58 trial courts. These orders made various changes in the way the courts requesting them operate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4227

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

Oct 24, 2025 - The budget provides ongoing General Fund —$37  million in 2026-27, $36  million in 2027-28, and $35  million annually beginning in 2028-29 —to backfill declines in criminal fine and fee revenue used to support BFS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2017-18 Budget: Trial Courts and the County Office of Education General Fund Offset

Feb 16, 2017 - Each of California ’s 58 counties has a COE. COEs oversee the budgets and academic plans of school districts within their jurisdictions. Many COEs also operate certain alternative schools and provide various optional services to school districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3567

The California State Bar: Considerations for a Fee Increase

Jun 26, 2019 - (The proposed fee increase for inactive members would be $28.) As shown in Figure  11 , this fee increase includes: (1)  $ 30 t o address an operating deficit in which estimated expenditures exceed estimated revenues, (2)  $ 30 t o support the extension of retiree health benefits currently available only to executive employees to all State Bar employees and a salary increase
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4080

The 2023-24 Budget: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 16, 2023 - Unclear How CDCR Weighted Factors in Selecting Prisons for Deactivation While CDCR indicates that it used the factors outlined in PC 2067 to inform its selection of prisons for deactivation, it is not clear how the department weighted these different factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4686

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - The judicial branch currently manages around 435  facilities across all 58 counties. Its facility program is responsible for various activities including maintaining these facilities, managing leases, and constructing new courthouses to replace outdated facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - The budget proposes $1.2  million General Fund in 2026-27 (decreasing to $259,000 annually beginning in 2027-28) for the implementation of Chapter  591. Chapter  591 requires the sale or transfer of firearm barrels be completed in person by a licensed firearms dealer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118