The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - The judicial branch reports that a total of nearly 11, 000 r equests were submitted (with nearly 77  p ercent approved) by 6, 865 l itigants between April 2019 and October 2020 across five out of six courts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362

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

Feb 23, 2026 - Receiverships are typically used as a last resort by courts b ecause high thresholds must be met for them to be established, such as demonstrating that there is a grave and immediate harm to the plaintiffs, that the use of less extreme remedies have been exhausted, and that a Receiver is the least intrusive means necessary to correct the violations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2024-25 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 22, 2024 - In contrast, if the system was at 100  percent of design capacity, there would be enough assignments to serve 77  percent of its population on June 30, 2023. Under the second methodology, the calculation used budgeted assignment capacity instead of actual capacity as of June 30, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Chapter  168 of 2024 (A B  2943 , Zbur) expanded officers ’ authority to arrest shoplifters and Chapter  803 of 2018 (A B  1065 , Jones ‑Sawyer) added conditions under which they can be held in jail until arraignment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

Achieving the Goals of the SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Oct 10, 2023 - It is reasonable to think that S B  678 partially contributed to these reductions. For  example, data suggest that S B  678 successfully diverted thousands of people from prison in the initial years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4806

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

Sep 26, 2022 - . $77 million, on net, to backfill changes related to the civil assessment. State law authorizes a civil assessment for individuals who fail to pay court-ordered criminal fines and fees or appear without good cause.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625

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

Feb 16, 2023 - Chapter  827 of 2022 (S B  1008 , Becker) specifies that CDCR shall provide accessible, functional voice calls free of charge. On January 1, 2023, CDCR began implementing this requirement by paying all charges accrued for voice calls.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4686

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

Jan 31, 2022 - How Will S B   2 Implementation Affect the Program? As discussed above, POST faces considerable S B  2 implementation challenges, including the need to roughly double its workforce by January 1, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4507

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - However, the provided funding was unallocated and subject to Judicial Council ’s discretion. b Does not include funding provided specifically for increased trial court health and retirement benefits as the state covers such costs in full.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - To  help ensure sufficient revenues would be available to support BOF workload, Chapter  736 of 2019 (A B  1669 , Bonta) enabled DOJ to increase the DROS fee charged from $19 to $31.19. For a couple years after this fee increase, revenues generally exceeded expenditures —thereby allowing the fund balance to steadily grow.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972