The 2017-18 Budget: Department of State Hospitals (DSH)

Feb 22, 2017 - Under the current referral process, ICF referrals take 15 business days to complete while APP referrals take 6 business days to complete. However, if there are disagreements between the departments, the placement can take longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3578

The 2017-18 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Mar 1, 2017 - Under the current referral process, ICF referrals take 15 business days to complete while APP referrals take 6 business days to complete. However, if there are disagreements between the departments, the placement can take longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3595

The 2018-19 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 27, 2018 - When working for IWL, inmates earn between $0.35 and $1. 00 p er hour. In addition, some IWL inmate workers participate in IWL ’s pre ‑apprenticeship program through which they earn seven weeks off of their prison sentence.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3762

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - A large portion of the General Fund support is used to support the Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS) enforcement teams, which seize firearms from people prohibited from owning or possessing them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - For example, CDCR psychologists, according to the state Auditor, earn between $56 and $85 per hour —well above the average hourly rate paid in other states. According to 2023 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, California is the highest paying state for psychologists with the average hourly wage at $64 per hour, whereas psychologists nationwide earned a median of $53 per hour (21  percent less).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

Improving Parolee Substance Use Disorder Treatment Through Medi-Cal

Apr 14, 2021 - Reduced Length of Parole Terms Chapter   29 o f 2020 (S B  118 , Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) established an opportunity for parolees to earn early discharge after one year of parole based on good behavior.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4411

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - As such, the normal cost for the benefit earned by employees is the best estimate of the value of the employer-provided benefits earned today by employees and therefore the best way to compare pension benefits across employers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Public Safety Package

Feb 17, 2022 - As previously discussed, APPS identified nearly 23,600 armed and prohibited persons as of January 2021. The 2021 ‑22 budget provided $10  million one ‑time General Fund to DOJ ’s Gun  Violence Reduction Program for competitive grants to county sheriff ’s departments to reduce the number of armed and prohibited persons by seizing firearms and ammunition from them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

The 2022-23 Budget: Monitoring Correctional System Staff Misconduct Investigations

Feb 9, 2022 - Whenever a hiring authority reasonably believes an employee committed misconduct warranting punitive action (such as salary reduction or dismissal), he or she must submit a referral to the Central Intake Panel (CIP).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4520

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 17, 2019 - The budget provides a total of $17.5  million from the General Fund to support Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS) investigation teams. This amount includes (1) $11.9  million to shift existing support for the teams from three special funds to the General Fund and (2) $5.6  million in increased support for the teams.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4097