The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions [Publication Details]

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
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Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Adding a performance component would create stronger incentive for colleges to focus on incarcerated student outcomes and provide robust support services. The Legislature could use the same three ‑component model and funding rates currently in place for most other CCC students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Feb 25, 2025 - As part of the ongoing Coleman court case, CDCR has been incurring fines monthly since April 2023 for failing to reduce vacancy rates for five mental health classifications, which include: psychiatrists; psychologists; clinical social workers; recreational therapists; and medical assistants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 During the special session called by the Governor, the Legislature added Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 to the 2024-25 Budget Act providing up to $2.5  billion one-time from the General Fund for response and recovery costs related to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Apr 11, 2025 - The performance payment compares a county ’s most recent annual county felony supervision failure-to-prison rates with the county ’s average failure-to-prison rates in 2021, 2022 and 2023 —known as the baseline rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

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

Feb 28, 2023 - Projected Interest Rates Are Higher Than Recent Years. Currently, interest rates for bonds are projected to be about 6  percent to 7  percent in fall 2023. This is significantly higher than recent years, when rates have been less than 5  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - Authorization for DOJ to increase its billable hourly rates for legal services to generate $8.7  million in additional revenue. The package increases the rates to $228 (from $220) for attorney services, $213 (from $205) for paralegal services, and $202 (from $195) for auditor and research analyst services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924