The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Proposition  2 (2024) Workload. The budget provides DGS $59.5  million over 5 years (including $12.5  million in 2025-26) from the 2024 State School Facilities Fund and $356,000 ongoing from various funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - This amount includes $8  million General Fund in 2024- 25 —generally increasing to $8.2  million ($5  million General Fund and $3.2  million Fingerprint Fees Account) annually beginning in 2028- 29 —for the implementation of Chapter  249 of 2023 (SB  2, Portantino) related to carry concealed weapon licenses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

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

Feb 28, 2023 - Assuming a bond carries a 5  percent interest rate, the total cost of paying the debt over a 30-year period is close to $2 for each $1 borrowed —$1 for repaying the amount borrowed and close to $1 for interest.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

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

Feb 25, 2025 - At full implementation, this would include 24.8 custody positions, 8 plant operations positions, 5 information technology positions, 2 librarian positions, and 1 position to support community engagement (such as by processing security clearances for volunteers to enter the prison).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - The proposed formula has three different payments: (1)  a performance payment, (2)  a maintenance payment, and (3)  a minimum guarantee payment. These payments would determine each county ’s total SB  678 grant award.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - For incarcerated students, the graduation rate over these periods is very low —less than 5  percent. This is significantly lower than graduation rates for other CCC students (with an overall three ‑year graduation rate approaching 20  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913