Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Operating excess inpatient beds at this scale costs the state over $200 million each year and requires that the state maintain many mental health positions more than the projections show are necessary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The Governor proposes $1  billion in one ‑time General Fund over two years for affordable housing development. The  budget largely expands existing state programs related to affordable housing. Specifically, the budget proposes $500  million for tax credits to builders of rental housing affordable to low ‑income households, $200  million for mixed ‑income
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - For discretionary monies, 90  percent generally supports free civil legal services for low-income people whose income is at or below 200  percent of the federal poverty level or who are eligible for certain federal benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

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

Oct 24, 2025 - As shown in the figure, the prison population is projected to decrease by about 200 (less than 1  percent) from 91,400 in 2024-25 to 91,200 in 2025-26. The parole population is projected to decrease by about 500 (1  percent) from 34,700 in 2024-25 to 34,200 in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

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: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - As shown in Figure  1, the Governor ’s budget proposes $1.3  billion to support DOJ operations in 2026-27 —a decrease of $13  million (or 1  percent) from the revised amount for 2025-26. A little more than half of the proposed funding supports DOJ ’s Division of Legal Services, while the remainder supports the Division of Law Enforcement and the California Justice Information Services Division (CJIS).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

A Review of State Standards and Inspections for Local Detention Facilities

Feb 16, 2021 - Advocate or community provider of rehabilitative treatment or services for juvenile offenders appointed by the Senate Rules Committee. a Small defined as a capacity of 200 or fewer inmates. Large defined as capacity over 200 inmates. b Small defined as population of 200,000 or fewer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4371

Overview and Update on the Prison Receivership

Nov 8, 2023 - The federal court found “that the lack of supervision in the prisons is a major contributor to the crisis in CDCR medical delivery. ” Accordingly, the Receiver has established about 200 new executive medical positions to oversee medical operations within prisons and statewide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4813

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 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - This amount includes $200  million to restore 2020 ‑21 budget reductions made to the trial courts ($176.9  million) and the state level judicial branch entities ($23.1  million). It also includes $72.2  million for increased trial court operational costs and $31.3  million for increased trial court health and retirement benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460