The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - When proposing new projects, the administration generally follows the ranked project priority list identified in the judicial branch ’s 2019 assessment of facility needs. Since 2021 ‑22, the construction or renovation of 12  of the highest ranked immediate need projects have commenced.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - DROS Special Account expenditures routinely exceeded revenues prior to 2019-20 —resulting in the decline of the fund balance. To help ensure sufficient revenues would be available to support BOF workload, Chapter  736 of 2019 (AB  1669, Bonta) enabled DOJ to increase the DROS fee charged from $19 to $31.19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - BFS also assists the 12 counties and 8 cities that operate their own laboratories where BFS offers services their laboratories lack. (Local agencies also contract with private or other governmental laboratories for services.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2026-27 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 23, 2026 - Figure 1 Administration Projects Decrease in Proposition 47 Savings Due to Proposition 36 2023 ‑24
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5108

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

Feb 23, 2026 - This includes ongoing funding for: (1) salary increases ($25.3 million) of mental health positions, (2) to establish the Office of the Receiver ($8.2 million) and (3) other consulting‑related expenses ($356,000).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2023-24 Budget: Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Testing Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - Additionally, 12 counties and 8 cities operate and fund their own laboratories and conduct such testing. ( We note that local agencies also contract with private or other governmental laboratories for services.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4714

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

Jun 12, 2025 - Specifically, the number of people incarcerated in either state prison or county jail declined by about 14,000 (7  percent) between 2014 and 2015 and by about 44,000  (22  percent) between 2019 and 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 24, 2025 - The General Fund amount is a net increase of $340  million (12  percent) from the revised 2024-25 level. This net increase is largely due to the expiration or restoration of reductions included in the 2024-25 budget, increased operational costs, and increased capital outlay costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - For example, it could (1)  make it easier to recruit staff located in areas with a wider pool of applicants, (2)  reduce the need for mental health staff at locations with large vacancies, and (3)  reduce the competition for mental health staff among adjacent facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2023-24 Budget: Racial and Identity Profiling Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - Such reporting was to be implemented in waves between 2019 and 2023. Specifically, state law required that such data first be reported by April 2019 from agencies employing 1,000 or more officers ( “Wave 1 ”), by April 2020 from agencies employing 667 to 1,000 officers ( “Wave 2 ”), by April 2022 from agencies employing 334 to 667 officers ( “Wave 3 ”), and by April 2023 from agencies employing less than 334 officers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4715