A Review of State Standards and Inspections for Local Detention Facilities

Feb 16, 2021 - Working groups that are appointed by ESCs to carry out subtasks and make recommendations. For example, the ESC tasked with reviewing local detention facility standards convenes multiple working groups, each focused on a particular subject area (such as nutritional health).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4371

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - As shown in Figure  2, support for BOF has increased over the past decade from $26.6  million in 2016-17 to $70.4  million in 2025-26 —an increase of $43.8  million (or 165  percent). During this period, BOF also shifted from being fully supported by various special funds and began receiving General Fund support in 2019-20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

The 2024-25 Budget: County Probation Grants to Support Temporary Increase in the Supervision Population

Feb 20, 2024 - Proposition  57 (2016) Caused Temporary Increases in PRCS Population.  When a policy change causes people to be released from prison earlier than otherwise, it causes a temporary increase in the PRCS and parole populations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4849

The 2023-24 Budget: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training—Office of Administrative Hearing Costs

Feb 13, 2023 - As of January 2023, POST had filled roughly one-third of its 16 positions in the Intake and Disposition bureau, which is responsible for analyzing and evaluating complaints received from the public and serious misconduct allegations received from l aw enforcement agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4677

The 2023-24 Budget: County Probation Grants to Support Temporary Increase in the Supervision Population

Feb 23, 2023 - Proposition  57 (2016) Caused Temporary Increases in PRCS Population. When a policy change causes people to be released from prison earlier than otherwise, it causes a temporary increase in the PRCS and parole populations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4703

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Justice Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Proposition   63 (2016) and Chapter   55 of 2016 (S B   1235 ,  De  Le ón). Proposition   63 —as amended by Chapter   55 —implemented various state laws related to the regulation of firearms and ammunition.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4527

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Under federal l aw, state and local government employers may continue to exclude some employees from Social Security coverage, but only if those employees are enrolled in a retirement plan that meets federal regulations requiring at least a specified level of benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Reduction of Prison Terms Due to Proposition   57 (2016). In 2016, voters approved Proposition  57, which, among other provisions, expanded CDCR ’s authority to reduce people ’s prison terms through credits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - To help address this steady decline and to maintain the level of services provided by BFS, the state has provi ded General Fund support to backfill the reduction in criminal fine and fee revenue deposited in the DNA Identification Fund since 2016 ‑17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2023-24 Budget: Increased Federal Authority For State Crisis Intervention Program

Feb 22, 2023 - Proposition  63 Firearm Relinquishment Process Proposition  63, approved by voters in 2016, created a new court process to ensure that people convicted of criminal offenses that prohibit them from owning firearms relinquish them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4697