The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Of this amount, $20  million is allocated for the Farm to School Incubator Program, $3  million for climate smart technical assistance grants, and $1.9  million for statewide outreach and support. Funding to Address Animal Disease Outbreaks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - In addition, $8  million of the $20  million General Fund provided in 2023-24 was repurposed to support the continuation of the Hope and Redemption Team Program with $4  million being provided each year in 2024-25 and 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

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

Apr 11, 2025 - In 2023-24, each county received their highest SB  678 grant award from the prior three fiscal years (2018-19, 2019-20, or 2020-21) due to concerns that grant awards would fluctuate for reasons unrelated to performance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

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

Feb 25, 2025 - As shown in Figure  3 , with the added capacity provided under this proposal, the department will continue to have more than enough existing capacity to meet all of its current and projected needs for licensed MHCBs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - The components are: (1)  a  base allocation linked to enrollment (about 70  percent of formula funding),  (2)  a supplemental allocation linked to low ‑income student counts (about 20  percent of formula funding), and (3)  a student success allocation linked to specified student outcomes (about 10  percent of formula funding).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Feb 28, 2023 - This post: (1) provides background on common approaches to financing capital outlay projects, (2) identifies key trade-offs associated with the Governor’s approach to financing certain capital outlay projects in the 2023-24 budget, and (3) provides recommendations to the Legislature when considering capital outlay financing approaches.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709