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 2019-20 Budget: Reorganization of the Division of Juvenile Justice

Apr 10, 2019 - Prior to Chapter  6, the state charged counties a flat monthly fee of $25 for each ward housed in state facilities. Chapter   6 r equired counties to begin paying a sliding scale fee based on the offense committed by the ward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3998

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 17, 2019 - This includes (1) $25  million in one-time funding for deferred maintenance projects at various prisons, (2)  $23.7  million in one-time funding to replace vehicles, and (3)  an $18.5  million augmentation (increasing to $55.6  million by 2021-22) to fund ongoing prison maintenance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4097

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

Improving California’s Prison Inmate Classification System

May 2, 2019 - Inmates who meet certain criteria, such as those who ( 1)  a re in the first 5 years of a sentence of 25 years or more to life, ( 2)  h ave a history of escape, or ( 3)  h ave committed a severe rule violation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4023

The 2022-23 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details]

Sep 29, 2022 - Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The Overview of the California Spending Plan is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2022-23 budget package. As more of these posts become available, we will add them below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4629

Increasing Oversight of the State Litigation Deposit Fund

Jan 28, 2021 - For example, the Legislature could decide to provide the Consumer Law Section with 75  p ercent of funding for the section from the UCL and 25  p ercent from the General Fund in one year based on its anticipated workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4322

The 2022-23 Budget: Monitoring Correctional System Staff Misconduct Investigations

Feb 9, 2022 - In recent years, the Legislature has expressed interest in OIG oversight of CDCR ’s handling of staff misconduct allegations arising out of the grievance and request for reasonable accommodation processes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4520

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Governor's Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 19, 2019 - CDCR expects the proposed mentor program to improve literacy levels by increasing access to literacy education, leading to higher TABE scores and high school diplomas/equivalencies. Under the proposed program, each instructor would train 20 i nmate literacy mentors beginning in July 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3940

The 2022-23 Budget: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training

Jan 31, 2022 - In recent years, greater attention has been placed on the wellness of first responders such as peace officers. The job requirements of a peace officer can be physically, mentally, and emotionally taxing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4507