A Status Report: Reducing Prison Overcrowding in California [Publication Details]

Aug 5, 2011 - This indicates to us that, as the U.S. Supreme Court suggested, a somewhat longer timeframe is warranted. In addition, we recommend that the Legislature consider how the overcrowding reduction will affect the types of prison facilities California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has planned to build.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2504

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - We asked CDCR to provide an update to us on the outcome of this working group. The department informed us that (1) the working group did not meet and, consequently, did not produce any strategies to improve recruitment and retention of female staff but (2) the department independently has implemented strategies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2023-24 Budget: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training—Office of Administrative Hearing Costs

Feb 13, 2023 - Based on this research, POST estimated that 3,500 serio us misconduct cases may rise to the level of decertification annually, with approximately 300 to 350 being contested and a hearing set with OAH.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4677

Potential Impacts of Recent State Asset Forfeiture Changes

Jan 6, 2020 - State Share of US DOJ Asset Forfeiture Distributions Has Significantly Declined Since 2017 Federal data indicate that hundreds of millions of dollars are collected and made available for distribution from U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4128

The California State Bar: Assessment of Proposed Disciplinary Case Processing Standards

Jan 6, 2023 - However, it is unclear to us how much necessary investigatory or charging time was removed as part of this analysis. For example, conversations with State Bar staff indicated that it could sometimes take more than 60 days for banks to provide documents that are subpoenaed to investigate cases that involve client trust accounts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4655

The California State Bar: Considerations for a Fee Increase

Jun 26, 2019 - The State Bar —both in conversations with us and in board meeting materials —indicates that it has a long ‑term goal of providing rank ‑and ‑file employees the same benefit it currently provides executive employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4080

Improving California’s Prison Inmate Classification System

May 2, 2019 - Accordingly, the researchers who developed the housing score methodology have informed us that inmates currently labeled as gang affiliated are probably more likely to be actually gang affiliated than inmates labeled as such in th e data they used to develop the methodology nearly two decades ago.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4023

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - To date, the administration has not provided us with the details of this proposal. Early Action Proposals. The Governor proposes over a dozen proposals costing $7.8  billion that he is asking the Legislature to pass in the early spring.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309