The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 26, 2025 - The department then assumed that the same number of people would again be admitted to state prison under Proposition  36 and would remain in state prison for 11 months on average. In other words, the administration assumes that Proposition  36 will essentially reverse Proposition  47.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

The 2025-26 Budget: Office of Emergency Services—Request for Reappropriation of Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Fund Resources

Feb 24, 2025 - These resources were used to establish the LEMA Assistance Fund, which provides state funding to local law enforcement agencies when they use the state ’s mutual aid system. These funds, which OES limits to emergency events that meet certain criteria (such as lasting more than 12 hours), may be used to pay for responding officer overtime, housing, and other specified costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4982

Flexible Funding to California in the American Rescue Plan

Mar 23, 2021 - State and local governments have until December 31, 2024 to use the funds. Restrictions on Use of Funds. There are two restrictions on the use of the fiscal recovery funds. First, state and local governments are prohibited from using the funds to make supplemental pension payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4407

The 2025-26 Budget: State Departments’ Operational Efficiencies (Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12)

Feb 19, 2025 - Efficiencies in State Government Finding Efficiencies in State Government a Good Endeavor. Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12 put forward a worthy goal for DOF to lead a statewide effort to identify budgetary inefficiencies in state operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2025 - In March 2025, the federal government notified the five previously selected pilot states—California, Maine, Kentucky, Minnesota, and Ohio—that these states were deselected from the pilot project. The federal Administration for Children and Families (ACF) indicated it plans to take a new approach to the pilot program and will issue a new request for proposals from states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4978

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

Feb 25, 2025 - However, patients may also be placed in such beds in a state hospital operated by the Department of State Hospitals (DSH) through a referral process. There is a total of 1,632 of these beds —1 ,296 in prisons and 336 in state hospitals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - Additionally, BFS provides service to various state, federal, and other entities. Finally, BFS operates the state ’s DNA laboratory as well as the state ’s criminalistics training institute. Local Entities Use Most of BFS Services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - State Has Supported TK Expansion Through Several Initiatives. In 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23, the state provided a total of $1.2  billion in one ‑time funding to support TK expansion. These  augmentations include: Facility Support ($590   Million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21 (SEIU Local 1000) [Publication Details]

Sep 7, 2023 - We reviewed the proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the nine bargaining units represented by Service Employees International Union, Local 1000. This review is pursuant to Section 19829.5 of the Government Code.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4799

Changes in California Student Aid Commission General Fund Spending [EdBudget]

Feb 26, 2025 - (The 2021‑22 Budget Act appropriated $500 million General Fund for the Golden State Teacher Grant program, with funds to be spent over five years. Those funds are expected to be almost fully exhausted by the end of 2024-25.) 
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/924