The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This amount reflects the remainder of the original $68  million that the 2022-23 Budget Act provided for this initiative. The 2025-26 Budget Act shifts the initiative from the State Library to DGS, with the intent to expedite its administration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - Legislation increasing the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System fee from $9 to $15 per licensee per year, beginning in April 2025, to cover DOJ ’s costs to operate and maintain the system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - The current ‑year net increase in costs is primarily due to both a higher total prison population and an increase in the portion of the population with high health care needs relative to what was assumed in the 2024 ‑25  Budget Act .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 26, 2025 - However, Proposition  36 only affects a subset of those cases, such as by allowing multiple acts of misdemeanor theft to be prosecuted as a felony if the combined dollar amount exceeds $950. …Causing Proposition  47 Savings to Be Likely Underestimated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Our recommendations, shown in Figure  9 , are focused on enrollment prioritization, space utilization, instructional modality, funding, and oversight. From a technical perspective, most of the recommendations we make could be adopted and implemented immediately.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - The Legislature could provide this direction in various ways, such as through provisional language in the budget act or intent language included in budget trailer legislation. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
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