The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Governor Has a $6   Billion Surplus to Allocate. We estimate the Governor had a $6  b illion surplus to allocate in the 2020 ‑ 21 b udget process. (The box below gives more information on how we use the term “surplus ” in the Overview of the Governor ’s Budget .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 24, 2025 - Local Grant Funding ($6  Million). The budget also includes $6  million General Fund in 2025-26 for DOJ to provide $2  million grants to the San Francisco City Attorney Office, Santa Clara County Counsel Office, and Los Angeles County Counsel Office for similar work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2021-22 Budget: State Correctional Population Outlook

Nov 19, 2020 - Since the beginning of the COVID ‑ 19 p andemic, the state inmate population declined by about 25,400 ( 21  p ercent) —from about 123, 100 i nmates on February 28, 2020 t o 97, 700 o n October 31, 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4304

The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 23, 2026 - CDCR reports that from 2020 ‑21 to 2024 ‑25, it paid about $130  million annually on average in these payments. Accordingly, the proposal would provide dedicated funding for a portion of the department ’s expected annual costs of these payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - As we describe in The 2020‑21 Spending Plan: Pensions , the 2019‑20 budget plan included a $2.5 billion supplemental pension payment to CalPERS to reduce the state’s long-term unfunded liabilities; however, the 2020‑21 budget repurposed this supplemental pension payment to instead supplant the state’s actuarially required contributions over a multiyear period beginning in 2020‑21 (due to anticipated budget shortfalls).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

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

Oct 16, 2023 - Due to lower than expected acquisition costs, the budget package also reflects the early reversion of $25  million of the $35.6  million one-time General Fund provided in 2020-21 for the Monterey Fort Ord project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805

The 2013-14 Budget: Maximizing Federal Reimbursement for Parolee Mental Health Care [Publication Details]

May 6, 2013 - If the state took these steps, we estimate it could achieve net General Fund savings of about $6 million in 2013-14 and $28 million annually upon full implementation in 2014-15 (assuming the state implements the Medi-Cal expansion).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2736

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

Feb 17, 2022 - During the initial phase of the COVID ‑19 pandemic, California ’s total crime rate —consisting of both property and violent crime —declined by 6  percent between 2019 and 2020 —from 2,724 to 2,552  crimes per 100,000 residents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - The budget includes $71  million limited ‑term General Fund ($36  million in 2026 ‑27 and $35  million in 2027 ‑28) and $7.1  million SCFCF reimbursement authority ($3.6  million in 2026 ‑27 and $3.5  million in 2027 ‑28) for a previously approved facility modification project at the Orange CJC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2020-21 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 18, 2020 - The Governor ’s budget for 2020 ‑ 21 i ncludes about $280,000 from the General Fund to begin operating the new facility. Once fully activated in 2022 ‑23, the facility would cost a total of roughly $ 6  m illion annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4164