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

Apr 11, 2025 - However, we recommend an alternative mai ntenance payment that pays only for specific evidence-based practices that will improve public safety and does so in ways that are more likely to generate state savings —two of the key goals of the original program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

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

Feb 25, 2025 - Patients are supposed to be transferred to an APP within 72 hours of the referral, but no more than ten days after the referral and can generally stay up to 45 days. Currently, there are 489 APP beds, all of which are in state prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - (The budget totals reported here and below do not reflect the plan to reduce General Fund state operations spending by up to 7.95  percent on an ongoing basis statewide beginning in 2024-25. For more on this planned reduction, please see the “State Operations and Employee Compensation” write-up in our Other Provisions post.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Students may receive a Pell Grant for up to six years of full ‑time enrollment or the equivalent, with part ‑time students eligible to receive prorated awards over a longer period. (For example, a student enrolled half time could receive about $3,700 annually for up to 12 years.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Feb 28, 2023 - A second advantage of bonds is that they can be an important tool for financing high-priority projects, even if there is limited funding available to pay the up-front costs. For example, if the state has a budget deficit, bonds can fund important projects w ithout forcing the state to cut into existing programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

A Ten-Year Perspective: California Infrastructure Spending [Publication Details]

Aug 25, 2011 - Over the last decade, infrastructure costs have taken up a larger share of the state’s budget, yet the state’s infrastructure demands continue to grow. In this report, we summarize the state’s infrastructure spending and provide ideas for planning and funding future infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2509

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

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

Funding UC Faculty Research Facilities [Publication Details]

Jun 23, 2004 - This will free up hundreds of millions of dollars of scarce state resources for other high priority projects in higher education or other program areas. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1190

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Deferred Maintenance

May 15, 2018 - Unlike in prior years, the administration ’s proposal includes a provision that would allow departments to use up 10  percent of their allocations —up to $5  million —to conduct assessment of department infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841