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

Jun 12, 2025 - This is particularly relevant to the regulation of online market places to prevent the sale of stolen goods. This is a relatively new area of regulation and one that is likely continuing to evolve as new online platforms or criminal strategies for utilizing existing o nes emerge.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change [Publication Details]

Jun 12, 2025 - In this report, we provide background on trends in retail theft over the past decade, discuss some of the possible contributors to these trends, describe recent retail theft-related law changes, and outline key questions that the Legislature may want to ask as it continues to provide oversight of this issue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5055

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Relative to traditional correspondence courses, these online pilots have the potential to provide more efficient and effective ways for students to complete their courses and receive feedback. Having access to a laptop als o opens up greater opportunities for students to receive support from counselors and tutors in a more direct and timely way, which could improve student success.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2020-21 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 18, 2020 - These technologies would include a secure online portal where students could access and download academic materials and video conferencing equipment that would potentially be used to allow instructors to teach more students than would be possible in a traditional classroom environment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4164

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons [Publication Details]

Jul 1, 2024 - Due to legislation enacted a decade ago, the availability of postsecondary courses at state prisons has expanded significantly. In this report, we focus on California Community College programs at state prisons. After providing background on these programs, we cover trends in student outcomes and explain how these programs are funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4913

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

Feb 17, 2022 - Using an existing program can avoid duplication of effort as well as start ‑up challenges (such as taking time to identify and develop stakeholder relationships or to create new operational processes) that would face a new program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Recommendations Adjust Offset to Free Up Additional General Fund Resources. We recommend the Legislature adjust the trial court offset in 2021 ‑22 upward to account for property tax growth in 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Any level above zero is up to the discretion of the Legislature. Recent budgets have set the SFEU between $3.5  billion and $4  billion. The Governor proposes a $4.5  billion SFEU balance for the end of 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 16, 2023 - We note that the 2022-23 budget package included an ongoing $18  million backfill. $1.2   million —up to $826,000 for trial courts and up to $374,000 for counties —to backfill reduced revenue from the elimination of four post-conviction criminal administrative fees related to changing of pleas, setting aside verdicts, or record sealing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805