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

Feb 13, 2023 - As of January 2023, POST had filled roughly one-third of its 16 positions in the Intake and Disposition bureau, which is responsible for analyzing and evaluating complaints received from the public and serious misconduct allegations received from l aw enforcement agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4677

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - As we describe in The 2020‑21 Spending Plan: Pensions , the 2019‑20 budget plan included a $2.5 billion supplemental pension payment to CalPERS to reduce the state’s long-term unfunded liabilities; however, the 2020‑21 budget repurposed this supplemental pension payment to instead supplant the state’s actuarially required contributions over a multiyear period beginning in 2020‑21 (due to anticipated budget shortfalls).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - As shown in the figure, the inmate population is projected to increase by about 7,900 (8  percent) from 98,400 in 2020 ‑21 to 106,300 in 2021 ‑22. The parolee population is projected to decrease by about 5,600 (10  percent) from 53,900 in 2020 ‑21 to 48,300 in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - The Commission estimates that the initial state cost of claims from local governments related to the mandate between the second half of 2020-21 and 2021-22 could range between $37,000 and $1.2  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - Compared with the estimates in the June 2020 budget plan, the administration revises its estimates of the guarantee up $1.9  billion (2.4  percent) in 2019 ‑20 and $11.9  billion (16.8  percent) in 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

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

Jun 12, 2025 - About half of this decline occurred between 2019 and 2020, suggesting that factors such as temporary stay ‑at ‑home orders and closure of nonessential retail businesses in the early part of the COVID ‑19 pandemic likely contributed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - Specifically, this includes $17  million in 2018 ‑19, $7  million in 2020 ‑21, $17  million in 2021 ‑22, and $17  million in 2022 ‑23. Shriver Program. The 2020 ‑21 budget included $11  million in ongoing funding from the TCTF to reflect the additional amount of revenue available to support the program after Chapter  217 of 2019 (AB  330, Gabriel) increased the amount of certain post-judgement civil filing fees that are available to support the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

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

Feb 23, 2026 - CDCR reports that from 2020 ‑21 to 2024 ‑25, it paid about $130  million annually on average in these payments. Accordingly, the proposal would provide dedicated funding for a portion of the department ’s expected annual costs of these payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Public Safety Package

Feb 17, 2022 - Specifically, the 2020 homicide rate is 62  percent lower than its peak in 1980 and the 2020 aggravated assault rate is 55  percent lower than its peak  in  1992. Crime Rates Vary by Region. We note that statewide crime trends may not be representative of certain regions of the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - For example, excess property taxes collected in 2019 ‑ 20 o ffset the state ’s General Fund support of trial courts in 2020 ‑21. Governor ’s Proposal The Governor ’s budget estimates that the amount of excess property tax revenue available in 2021 ‑22 will not increase over the 2020 ‑ 21 l evel of $ 104  m illion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362