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

Feb 25, 2025 - Key Questions Remain Unanswered for the California Model as a Whole. Even after the administration develops a specific plan for SQRC, certain key questions will remain about the California Model as a whole.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

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

Apr 11, 2025 - These f actors could lower their funding for evidence-based practices —which could harm public safety, undermining a key goal of the SB  678 grant program. Methodology for Estimating State Savings Per Person Diverted Has a Few Drawbacks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 26, 2025 - We find this assumption causes the administration ’s methodology to overestimate the effect of Proposition  36 in two ways: Does Not Account for Key Features of Treatment-Mandated Felony. The administration ’s estimate assumes that the same number of people who were committed to prison for drug possession prior to Proposition  47 would again be committed to prison under Proposition  36.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Key Barriers to Expanding In ‑Person Enrollment. Recognizing the relatively poor course success rates of correspondence ‑based education, statute directs CDCR to focus on in ‑person postsecondary instruction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Feb 28, 2023 - In our view, having clarity about what fund source will be used to support debt service payments is a key component of a lease revenue bond proposal. Importantly, without this level of detail, whether t he fund has sufficient capacity to support the debt service is unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709