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

Feb 25, 2025 - The mental health care provided at the prisons is subject to the oversight of a Special Master appointed as part of the Coleman v. Newsom federal court case, which ruled in 1995 that CDCR was not providing constitutionally adequate mental health care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - In addition, the budget package includes language that would allow the Department of Finance to make payments from the General Fund for any fines related to staffing vacancies in the Coleman v. Newsom court case related to the provision of prison mental health care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

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

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 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - The Governor ’s budget includes $1. 9  b illion in total one ‑time Proposition  98 spending —the $1. 1  b illion from 2020 ‑21, plus an additional $ 819  m illion attributed to the prior and current fiscal years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2020 - Update 1/24/20: Adjusted Judicial Branch items in Appendix Figure 1 to reflect ongoing spending. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4135

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - This decrease primarily reflects the expiration of the following one-time funding provided in 2019 ‑20: (1) $1  billion in lease revenue bond funding to construct the Richards Boulevard Office Building Complex in Sacramento and (2) $1  billion for personal protective equipment and other purchases related to the state ’s response to the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emergency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Until a new formula is operative, we recommend the Legislature require the Chancellor ’s Office to report certain data by October 1 each year on the incarcerated students whom community colleges serve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects [Publication Details]

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/Detail/4709