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

Feb 25, 2025 - The number of beds CDCR operates are a part of a court ‑required bed plan. The department determined how many beds to operate based on projections of the mental health population completed by a private contractor using a methodology approved by the federal court.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

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

Feb 10, 2016 - Not Necessarily One “Right ” Number of Students for Campus. If the Legislature decides to construct new facility space at Merced, it will have to decide how many students it would like the campus to serve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - Following a series of workers ’ compensation reforms in 2004 and 2012, the number of new subsequent injury workers ’ compensation claims has roughly doubled and the benefit payments increased from $20.9  million in 2010-11 to $67.4  million in 2017-18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 26, 2025 - Accordingly, the number of people that reach prison under Proposition  36 for drug possession is likely to be substantially smaller than the number of people that were sentenced to prison for drug possession prior to the passage of Proposition  47.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget includes provisional language authorizing the Department of Finance to augment State Emergency Telephone Number Account fund expenditure authority by amounts “necessary to continue implementation of the Next Generation 9-1-1 system, including transition from the legacy 9-1-1 system, ” subject to 30-day legislative notification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - Under the system, the state issues a limited number of permits (referred to as “allowances ” ) t o emit GHGs. Emitters must obtain a sufficient number of allowances —either through a state ‑run auction or on the private market —to cover their emissions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

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

Jan 13, 2020 - The new Climate Catalyst Revolving Loan Fund would lend money to private sector organizations for projects determined to advance the state ’s environmental goals, along with other priorities —such as creating high ‑quality jobs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - (These renovation projects are part of a larger plan for sequencing the construction and renovation of a number of state office building projects in Sacramento.) Department of Business Oversight (DBO) The budget provides DBO with $108.5  million from various special funds in 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - We recommend that a group of experts, be convened to identify evidence-based practices that are likely to reduce the number of prison commitments from the county felony supervision population. Only these practices would be eligible for funding through this portion of the grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Overall, we found that these education programs have several positive aspects but also a number of problems and missed opportunities. Anecdotally, Both Students and Staff Cite Benefits of Prison Education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913