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

Apr 11, 2025 - This could provide more funding to county probation departments than necessary to run effective and efficient county supervision programs in some years and less funding than necessary in o ther years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Of these positions, the control section directs DOF to identify positions proposed for elimination that had been authorized to implement legislation passed in 2022 and 2023. DOF identified 116.5 positions that fall into this category.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - The budget also reverts up to $50.7  million one-time General Fund provided in prior budgets —$30.1  million from 2022-23 and $20.6  million from 2023- 24 —for various purposes to help address the state ’s budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Having access to a laptop als o opens up greater opportunities for students to receive support from counselors and tutors in a more direct and timely way, which could improve student success. CCC Funding Model Lacks Fiscal Incentive to Promote Success for These Students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Feb 25, 2025 - In particular, the administration should be able to articulate how SQRC fits into i ts overall theory of action for the entire prison system and why it would logically contribute to the administration ’s stated outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986