The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - In this brief, we provide an overview of the proposed funding for the judicial branch in 2025-26. We also analyze the Governor’s budget proposals to increase discretionary funding to the trial courts and start a capital outlay project to construct the new Tracy Courthouse in San Joaquin County.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch [Publication Details]

Feb 12, 2025 - In this brief, we provide an overview of the proposed funding for the judicial branch in 2025-26. We also analyze the Governor’s budget proposals to increase discretionary funding to the trial courts and start a capital outlay project to construct the new Tracy Courthouse in San Joaquin County.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4959

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - These submitted requests resulted in a few million dollars in reduced fines and fees, with the average amount owed per request being cut nearly in half. The high approval rate, and associated reduction in the level of criminal fines and fees owed, demonstrates that the ability ‑to ‑pay component provides meaningful financial assistance to lower ‑income individuals who may struggle to meet basic needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Based on the reserve balance and one ‑time cushion, we think the state likely could weather a relatively mild recession without resorting to significant cuts or payment deferrals for school and community college programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - Specifically, to the extent the guarantee drops or grows more slowly in the future, the expiration of these one-time allocations allows the state to accommodate the lower guarantee without relying on program cuts or payment deferrals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309