Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - In court filings, CDCR indicated to the Coleman court that it planned to deactivate 249 inpatient beds because “from September 2024 to present, between 40  percent and 48  percent of inpatient beds have been empty and unused. ” CDCR informed the court that closing such beds would still provide a sufficient buffer to accommodate fluctuations in the inpatient mental health population in the near term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

Jun 12, 2025 - Over the entire ten ‑year period —2014 to 2023 —reported retail theft increased by 48 crimes per 100,000  people, or 11  percent. Furthermore, an unusually large number of law enforcement agencies —whose jurisdictions include roughly 10  percent of the state population —did not report crime numbers for some or all of 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

Achieving the Goals of the SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Oct 10, 2023 - Absent any changes, the formula would have allocated $59.4 million (48 percent) more in 2021‑22, $11.5 million (9 percent) less in 2022‑23, and $9.7 million (8 percent) less in 2023‑24. In 2024‑25, the temporary hold on the formula will expire and the new formula will once again become operative barring any further changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4806

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 26, 2022 - Board of State and Community Corrections The budget provides $1 billion for the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) in 2022-23 —an  increase of $331  million (48  percent) from the revised 2021-22 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625

Assessing the Provision of Criminal Indigent Defense

Sep 22, 2022 - This is because arrests can be a strong indicator of potential workload given that prosecutors determine whether charges will be filed following arrest and indigent defense counsel is typically appointed within 48 hours of arrest.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4623

Increasing Oversight of the State Litigation Deposit Fund

Jan 28, 2021 - Of this amount, $ 48  m illion (or nearly 90  p ercent) supported the Public Rights Division. The remaining amount supported the Division of Criminal Law. (We note that both of these divisions also receive funding from other fund sources, such as the General Fund.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4322