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

Feb 25, 2025 - As shown in Figure  3 , with the added capacity provided under this proposal, the department will continue to have more than enough existing capacity to meet all of its current and projected needs for licensed MHCBs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - On October 3, 2025, DOF notified the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) that it had finalized a $20  million contract with a vendor on September 26, 2025. Based on the scope of the contract, the administration now anticipates (1)  savings of $425  million in 2025-26 from two departments ($300  million from DHCS and $125  million from CDCR) and (2)  unknown savings in the outyears.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions [Publication Details]

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5081

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - To determine whether additional classroom space is warranted within state prisons, the state needs to know: (1)  how much rehabilitation space is already available within prisons, (2)  the extent to which that space is being used, and (3)  how big of a space deficit or surplus exists at each prison and systemwide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Apr 11, 2025 - The proposed formula has three different payments: (1)  a performance payment, (2)  a maintenance payment, and (3)  a minimum guarantee payment. These payments would determine each county ’s total SB  678 grant award.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds

Jan 3, 2017 - Specifically, in some cases , these lags reflected: (1) the design characteristics of the bonds and the programs within them, such as a focus on new programs; (2) a deliberate approach to administering bonds, such as providing multiple competitive funding rounds; and (3) factors largely outside of the state ’s control, such as the broad economic downturn in the late 2000s.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3519

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Over the past several years, the Legislature has focused on certain financial aid goals, including: ( 1)  i ncreasing living assistance (especially for students enrolled full time); ( 2)  e xpanding the number of Cal Grant competitive awards, as demand currently greatly exceeds supply; and ( 3)  s implifying the state ’s financial aid system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - Department of Justice The budget provides $1.3  billion for the Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2024- 25 —a decrease of $10  million (1  percent) from the revised 2023-24 level. This amount includes $504  million from the General Fund —a net decrease of $14  million (3  percent) from the revised 2023-24 amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - The new buildings proposed were (1)  the O Street Building (also known as the Food and Agriculture Annex), (2)  a new Natural Resources Building (also known as the P Street Building), and (3)  a new building at the printing plant site on Richards Boulevard.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - Specifically, state law established the goals of limiting statewide GHG emissions to (1 )   1 990 l evels by 2020 a nd (2 )  a t least 40  p ercent below 1990 l evels by 2030. In order to meet the state ’s GHG reduction goals, the Legislature and administration have adopted various policies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711