The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - For example, because it was a priority for the Attorney General at the time, DOJ established the Bureau of Children ’s Justice in 2014 ‑ 15 —to focus on legal workload related to children (such as school discrimination) —using one ‑time settlement revenues and existing positions redirected from the Public Rights Division.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701

The 2023-24 Budget: County Probation Grants to Support Temporary Increase in the Supervision Population

Feb 23, 2023 - Various changes that the California Department of Co rrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) —which operates state prisons —has made over the years to implement Proposition  57 have caused temporary increases in the PRCS population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4703

The 2023-24 Budget: Increased Federal Authority For State Crisis Intervention Program

Feb 22, 2023 - As discussed above, it is expected that BSCC will be able to submit applications for about $15  million in additional SCIP funding per year in 2024 ‑25, 2025 ‑26 and 2026 ‑27. However, at this time it is not clear how this money would be used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4697

The 2023-24 Budget: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 16, 2023 - The  ongoing reductions consist of: $132  million and 777 positions associated with the deactivation of CCC. $33  million and 166 positions (increasing to $136  million and 647 positions by 2024 ‑25) associated with the deactivation of CAC. $114  million and 659 positions (increasing to $150  million and 877 positions by 2024 ‑25) from the six yard deactivations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4686

The 2023-24 Budget: Office of the State Public Defender

Feb 15, 2023 - Researchers, academics, and others have spent years developing such expertise. It could be difficult for the state generally to recruit people with this background into less senior and lower-paying classifications —such as the AGPA position classification requested by OSPD.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4680

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

Feb 13, 2023 - The Governor ’s budget proposes $4.5  million from the General Fund in 2023-24 (decreasing to $3.9  million annually beginning in 2024-25) to fund the costs of peace officer decertification hearings before OAH.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4677

The 2023-24 Budget: Judicial Branch Budget Proposals

Feb 10, 2023 - Since Los  Angeles County consists of about 25  percent of the state ’s population, additional resources in the range of $10  million would be needed in 2023 ‑24 to support the court ‑related costs. Similarly, additional resources would likely be needed in 2024 ‑25 as Los Angeles County will require a full ‑year of General Fund
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4673

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - We define a delay as an expenditure reduction that occurs in the budget window (2021 ‑22 through 2023 ‑24), but has an associated expenditure increase in a future year of the multiyear window (2024 ‑25 through 2026 ‑27).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

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

Jan 6, 2023 - As shown in Figure  13 , backlog data reported in 2020 under the prior state definition demonstrates that at least half of cases remained open longer than one year after complaint receipt. About 20  percent to 25  percent of cases remained open for more than two years —including some that were pending for more than five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4655

Promoting Equity in the Parole Hearing Process

Jan 5, 2023 - These people generally become eligible for parole hearings after serving 25  years in prison. These parole hearings are called youth offender hearings and can lessen the sentences of people who committed crimes while, according to research, their brains were still developing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4658