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

Feb 25, 2025 - This  increase in costs is partially offset by various factors, including lower ‑than ‑expected costs of providing naloxone (a  medication that can prevent overdose deaths) to people when they are released from prison and free phone calls to people in  prison.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This foundation operates the Imagination Library, which mails books free of charge to children under age five. Proposition  2 (2024) Workload. The budget provides DGS $59.5  million over 5 years (including $12.5  million in 2025-26) from the 2024 State School Facilities Fund and $356,000 ongoing from various funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - The maximum Pell Grant award is about $7,400 in 2023 ‑24, with the specific amount students are entitled to receive varying based on income level, cost of attendance, and status as full ‑time or part ‑time student.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Feb 10, 2016 - UC Implementing Instructional Efficiencies to Free Up Space. The Legislature has multiple options for expanding access to UC. One option is to encourage UC to achieve additional instructional efficiencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349

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 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - As a result , this part of the proposed methodology would overestimate state savings. No Adjustment for Amount of Time in Prison or on Parole. The proposed formula does not take into account the amount of time people serve in prison or on parole.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Evaluating the Sale-Leaseback Proposal: Should the State Sell Its Office Buildings? [Publication Details]

Apr 27, 2010 - The sale-leaseback is designed to free up the state’s equity in the buildings to provide one-time revenue for addressing the state’s current budgetary shortfall. We estimate that the sale of buildings would result in one-time revenue to the state of between $600 million and $1.4 billion, but that annual leasing costs would eventually exceed ownership costs by approximately $200 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2261

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - As such, under either approach, investors would include the lease revenue bonds as part of the state ’s debt portfolio in their assessment of the state ’s overall creditworthiness. Recommendations Consider Shifting to Lease Revenue Bonds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

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

Oct 17, 2019 - These resources would be in addition to a similar augmentation that was approved as part of the 2016-17 budget . One-Time Outreach Funding for Domestic Workers and Their Employers. Budget-related legislation adopted as part of the 2019-20 spending plan provides $5  million one-time General Fund to the Labor Commissioner ’s Office (within DIR) to fund a three-year outreach effort.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

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

Jan 14, 2019 - Specifically, the funds would reduce districts ’ CalSTRS rates in 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑ 21 —freeing up resources for other parts of districts ’ operating budgets. Though district pension costs typically are covered using Proposition  98 General Fund, the Governor proposes using non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund for this proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916