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

Jan 10, 2021 - The Governor proposes to pay down $8.4  billion of this amount, with districts receiving the associated cash in 2021 ‑22. Slightly more than $4  billion would remain deferred from 2021 ‑22 to 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - A large portion of the General Fund support is used to support the Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS) enforcement teams, which seize firearms from people prohibited from owning or possessing them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

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The 2017-18 Budget: Department of State Hospitals (DSH)

Feb 22, 2017 - Acute Psychiatric Programs (APPs). APPs provide shorter-term, intensive treatment for inmates who show signs of a major mental illness or higher-level symptoms of a chronic mental illness. Currently, there are 372 APP beds, all of which are in state prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3578

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - For example, in court documents, CDCR estimated that the staff fill rate for ICF and APP beds in June would have been 98  percent for psychiatrists (instead of 81  percent), 73  percent for psychologists (instead of 52  percent), 105  percent for social workers (instead of 82  percent), and 127  percent for recreational therapists (instead of 101  percent) had all 249  inpatient beds been deactivated that month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

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

Feb 17, 2022 - As previously discussed, APPS identified nearly 23,600 armed and prohibited persons as of January 2021. The 2021 ‑22 budget provided $10  million one ‑time General Fund to DOJ ’s Gun  Violence Reduction Program for competitive grants to county sheriff ’s departments to reduce the number of armed and prohibited persons by seizing firearms and ammunition from them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - (A second construction account was consolidated into the SCFCF in 2021 ‑22.) The SCFCF is used to support both the construction and maintenance of court facilities and is mainly supported by criminal and civil fines and fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2017-18 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Mar 1, 2017 - Acute Psychiatric Programs (APPs). APPs provide shorter-term, intensive treatment for inmates who show signs of a major mental illness or higher level symptoms of a chronic mental illness. Currently, there are 372 APP beds, all of which are in state prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3595

The 2018-19 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 27, 2018 - However, this increase is expected to be temporary and the parolee population is expected to decline by 1,000 (or 2  p ercent) from 2019 ‑ 20 t o 2021 ‑22. Governor’s Proposal The Governor ’s budget proposes a $ 23  m illion General Fund augmentation and 94 additional direct ‑supervision positions due to the projected increase in the parolee population in 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3762

The 2023-24 Budget: Judicial Branch Budget Proposals

Feb 10, 2023 - Given the insolvency of the SCFCF, the 2021 ‑22 budget shifted support for the construction of any future courthouses to the General Fund. Accordingly, the 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23 budgets included General Fund support to start the construction or renovation of nearly a dozen of the highest ranked immediate need projects identified  in the judicial branch ’s 2019 assessment of facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4673