The 2023-24 Budget: Racial and Identity Profiling Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - Since 2018, DOJ has received requests from various entities for data, including state and local agencies, media, academics and researchers, advocacy groups, and private individuals. The public has also accessed the data by downloading it from the DOJ website.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4715

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Finally, the Legislature may want to consider the extent to which the public is aware of the law changes. Broader public awareness of these new enforcement and prosecutorial tools could help deter people from committing r etail theft by increasing the perception that they will get  caught.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

Assessing the Provision of Criminal Indigent Defense

Sep 22, 2022 - The court refused to do so and specifically found that the state could not say it was not responsible for meeting its constitutional responsibilities just because the responsibilities had been d elegated to the counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4623

The California State Bar: Considerations for a Fee Increase

Jun 26, 2019 - Existing law allows active licensees to deduct $7 from this amount —$5 if they do not want to fund State Bar legislative activity and $2 if they do not want to fund elimination of bias programs in the legal profession and justice system. b Similar to the 2019 fee amount, $7 may be deducted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4080

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - Additionally, the judicial branch wanted to mitigate the impacts of the reductions on court users by distributing the funding as quickly as possible and had sufficient excess TCTF expenditure authority to do so.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

The 2018-19 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 27, 2018 - In order to assist the work that parole agents do in the field, DAPO employs various support positions that do not involve the direct supervision of parolees —such as human resources analysts, some office technicians, and sign ‑language interpreters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3762

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - LAO Assessment 2018 Compensation Study Disagree That 2018 Compensation Study Is Confidential Under CPRA. We disagree with the administration ’s assertion that the 2018 compensation study and all information related to it are confidential under the CPRA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - This puts them at a leg al disadvantage compared to those who receive representation or legal advice, as they do not have the legal knowledge or expertise to know how to navigate courts processes. For example, such people may have difficulty identifying, completing, and serving the necessary forms and documents to initiate a case or to respond to an attorney ’s filing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Beginning in 2018, Chapter  681 of 2017 (SB  395, Lara) required that arrested youths age 15 and younger be provided a consultation with legal counsel before they may waive their Miranda rights or be interrogated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Various components of the tool are still in the process of being finalized and implemented. For example, online trials will not begin to be tested and implemented in any of the courts until spring 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362