The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - For discretionary monies, 90  percent generally supports free civil legal services for low-income people whose income is at or below 200  percent of the federal poverty level or who are eligible for certain federal benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - This is less than the $106  million the trial courts could have retained under the current 3  percent cap. Background Judicial Branch Has Extensive Facility Needs. The judicial branch currently manages around 430 facilities across all 58 counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

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

Feb 23, 2026 - For example, the California Department of Health Care Access and Information in 2022 estimated that there would be a shortage of psychiatrists and behavioral health providers in all 58 California counties by 2025, with 27 prisons located in counties experiencing high or severe shortages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2023-24 Budget: Judicial Branch Budget Proposals

Feb 10, 2023 - The judicial branch currently manages around 450 facilities across all 58 counties. Its facility program is responsible for various activities including maintaining these facilities, managing leases, and constructing new courthouses to replace outdated facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4673

The 2022-23 Budget: Judicial Branch Proposals

Feb 3, 2022 - For example, the 2021 ‑22 budget included $90  million one ‑time General Fund to address case backlogs —with $30  million specifically for certain criminal case backlogs and $60  million for backlogs across all  case types.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4513

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - This includes (1) $35  million one time to replace dayroom and common area furniture, (2) $23  million (decreasing to $18  million annually beginning in 2022 ‑23) to provide technology for inmates participating in academic programs, and (3) $14  million (decreasing to $3  million annually beginning in 2022 ‑23) for enhancements to rehabilitation programs provided at Valley State Prison in Chowchilla.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460

Improving Parolee Substance Use Disorder Treatment Through Medi-Cal

Apr 14, 2021 - For example, in one DMC ‑ODS county, the median rate for residential services was $ 124 p er day, which is much higher than the $90 daily reimbursement for standard Drug Medi ‑Cal. As shown in Figure   3 , DMC ‑ODS has been widely adopted throughout California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4411

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - However, beginning in 2022-23, expenditures began outpacing revenues, shrinking the fund balance. The Governor ’s budget estimates that the DROS Special Account will be insolvent in 2026-27 if no action is taken.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

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

Sep 26, 2022 - This amount includes $782  million from the General  Fund —a  net increase of $371  million (90  percent). This increase is primarily due to limited-term funding provided in 2022-23 for various grant programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - This report should be due to the Legislature no later than November 30, 2022 i n order to inform legislative decisions on self ‑help funding for the 2023 ‑ 24 b udget. (This complements the recommendation below that funding only be provided through 2022 ‑23.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362