The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2020 - The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details] Overview of the Governor 's Budget January 13, 2020 The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget Format: HTML Description: This report presents our office’s initial assessment of the Governor’s budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4135

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - At the bottom of the figure, we display the total reserves planned for the end of 2020 ‑21 under the administration ’s estimates and assumptions. Under the Governor ’s proposed budget, the state would end 2020 ‑21 with $20. 5  b illion in total reserves.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Overview and Update on the Prison Receivership

Nov 8, 2023 - As shown in Figure  4 , the Receiver has delegated responsibility for care at 21 prisons to date. (We note that one of these prisons has been deactivated and two are scheduled to be deactivated.) Figure 4 Prisons Delegated Back to State 2015
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4813

State Corrections: Response to COVID-19

May 8, 2020 - In 2009, a federal three-judge panel —convened at the request of the plaintiffs in Coleman v. Newsom and Plata v. Newsom —declared that overcrowding was the primary reason that CDCR was unable to provide adequate health care and ordered the state to reduce the population of its prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4229

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 22, 2020 - This includes $11.6  million to pay for claims related to the Erskine Wildfire and $2.4  million to pay claims related to Buffin v. City and County of San Francisco . Budget Excludes Proposed Funding Reversion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4288

State Correctional Spending Increased Despite Significant Population Reductions

Feb 4, 2020 - In November 2006, plaintiffs in Coleman v. Newsom and Plata v. Newsom  filed motions for the federal courts to convene a three ‑judge panel pursuant to the U.S.  Prison Litigation Reform Act to determine whether ( 1)  p rison overcrowding was the primary cause of CDCR ’s inability to provide constitutionally adequate inmate health care and ( 2)  a prisoner release order was the only way to remedy these conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4145

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

Feb 16, 2023 - (For more information on prison infrastructure, please see our February 2020 report The 2020‑21 Budget: Effectively Managing State Prison Infrastructure.) State ‑Owned Prisons Subject to Court ‑Ordered Population Limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4686

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

Feb 9, 2022 - These concerns have been echoed by plaintiffs in an ongoing class action lawsuit (known as Armstrong  v. Newsom ) concerning CDCR ’s treatment of inmates with disabilities. CDCR Currently Implementing New Process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4520

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 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