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

Feb 23, 2026 - This brief provides our analysis of the Governor’s 2026-27 budget proposals related to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts presents a wide range of facts and trends about the state's economy, finances, and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - The Commission estimates that the initial state cost of claims from local governments related to the mandate between the second half of 2020-21 and 2021-22 could range between $37,000 and $1.2  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

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

Jun 12, 2025 - As discussed earlier, a wide range of factors can affect crime rates. Within the criminal justice system, the available research has generally found that two key mechanisms can affect crime rates: (1)  the likelihood of apprehension for crime and (2)  the number of people incarcerated at a given time who might otherwise commit crime.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

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

Jan 13, 2025 - These higher costs are more than offset by a range of other areas where the administration’s cost estimates are lower. For example, constitutionally required debt payments are $1.1 billion lower under the administration’s estimates and the administration scores a higher entering fund balance—largely due to over $1 billion in additional revenue accruals—in 2023‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - Wide Range of Assistance Provided by Self-Help Centers. Each of California ’s trial courts operates a self-help center which serves as a central location for self-represented people to educate themselves and seek assistance with navigating court procedures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

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

Feb 22, 2024 - CDCR applied a similar methodology for estimating its funding need for state response operations—which includes treatment, staff overtime costs, and wastewater testing—but used average expenditures from a different range of months in 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852

The 2023-24 Budget: Judicial Branch Budget Proposals

Feb 10, 2023 - The proposed solutions, however, are insufficient to keep the state budget balanced in future years, with projected out‑year deficits in the $4 billion to $9 billion range. Allowing the expiration of the temporary SCFCF funding would provide $15 million in General Fund relief in future years relative to the Governor’s budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4673

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - For base pay, the report assumes that entry-level employees are paid at the bottom step of their classification ’s salary range and journey-level employees are assumed to be paid at the top step of their classification ’s salary range.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2023-24 Budget: Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Testing Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - The Commission further estimates annual costs ranging between $7.5  million to $10.8  million. Governor ’s Budget Governor Funds Mandate Reimbursement Costs. The Governor ’s 2023-24 budget proposes $22.8  million General Fund to reimburse local governments for the costs they incurred during the initial claiming period of 2019-20 to 2020-21 to ensure SAE kits were tested within the statutorily required time frames while they were under review by the Commission.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4714