The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - Specifically, the Governor proposes $37  million in 2026 ‑27, $36  million in 2027 ‑28, and $35  million annually beginning in 2028 ‑29. The 2025 ‑26 budget also maintains the budget bill language allowing DOF to augment the backfill amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 16, 2023 - This net decrease results from a $21.8  million decrease in reimbursement authority in 2023-24 (increasing to $40.5  million by 2027-28 and ongoing) offset by a $13.4  million General Fund augmentation in 2023-24 (increasing to $28.8  million annually by 2027-28 and ongoing).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - Beginning July 2024, Chapter  231 of 2023 (AB  28, Gabriel) imposed a new excise tax on firearm dealers, firearm manufacturers, and ammunition vendors. Specifically, an 11  percent tax is applied to the gross retail sales of firearms, firearm precursor parts, and ammunition.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The  June 2024 budget package committed to a total of $28  billion in budget solutions for 2025 ‑26, which included, $12  billion in spending ‑related solutions and nearly $16  billion in all other solutions, including $5.5  billion in temporary revenue increases and a $7  billion withdrawal from the state ’s rainy day fund, the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2022-23 Budget: Monitoring Correctional System Staff Misconduct Investigations

Feb 9, 2022 - When fully implemented, the process —as outlined in emergency regulations that CDCR filed with the Office of Administrative Law on December  28,   2021 —will include allegations of staff misconduct toward inmates and parolees that arise through grievances and requests for reasonable accommodation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4520

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - The Governor ’s budget proposes $11  million General Fund in 2023 ‑24 (decreasing to $10.4  million annually in 2027 ‑28) to support Criminal Law Division and Public Rights Division implementation of 14 pieces of enacted legislation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701

The 2021-22 Budget: State Correctional Population Outlook

Nov 19, 2020 - Since the beginning of the COVID ‑ 19 p andemic, the state inmate population declined by about 25,400 ( 21  p ercent) —from about 123, 100 i nmates on February 28, 2020 t o 97, 700 o n October 31, 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4304?utm_source=laowww&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4304

The 2021-22 Budget: State Correctional Population Outlook

Nov 19, 2020 - Since the beginning of the COVID ‑ 19 p andemic, the state inmate population declined by about 25,400 ( 21  p ercent) —from about 123, 100 i nmates on February 28, 2020 t o 97, 700 o n October 31, 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4304

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

Feb 22, 2024 - Between the start of the pandemic and January  28, 2024, a total of about 96,000 COVID ‑19 cases have been reported by CDCR as occurring within prisons. There have been 263 incarcerated people and 50 staff who have had COVID ‑19 ‑related deaths.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Specifically, the study (as revised) found that (1)  the state ’s salaries (not including benefits) lag 28  percent for entry-level employees and 10  percent for full journey-level employees and (2)  the states ’ total compensation (salary plus benefits) lags 33  percent for entry-level employees and 23  percent for full journey-level employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800