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

Feb 23, 2026 - The Receiver ’s action plan lays out six primary goals, each with its own set of objectives and actions intended to address the outstanding deficiencies. Figure  8 shows the goals and accompanying selected actions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - Of this amount, $4.6  million would be used to relocate 17 courtrooms into six existing courthouses. The remaining $6.3  million would be used for the preliminary plans and working drawings phase of a project to renovate the existing Chatsworth Courthouse to build out six  courtrooms.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Operating excess inpatient beds at this scale costs the state over $200 million each year and requires that the state maintain many mental health positions more than the projections show are necessary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - This amount includes support for five units within BOF. Chapter  591 of 2025 (SB  704, Arregu ín). The budget proposes $1.2  million General Fund in 2026-27 (decreasing to $259,000 annually beginning in 2027-28) for the implementation of Chapter  591.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

The 2026-27 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 23, 2026 - Administration Estimates Current-Year Savings and Projects Future Savings Biannually. As part of the Governor ’s January budget proposal each year, DOF (1)  estimates the state savings resulting from Proposition  47 in the current year, which is then reflected in the budget as a transfer to the SNSF in the budget year and (2)  projects the estimated state savings that will occur in future years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5108