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

Feb 26, 2025 - Reflects Proposition 36 in effect for half of the fiscal year. c Estimated savings amount is a projection. Reflects Proposition 36 in effect for the full fiscal year. Projected Savings of $30.5  Million in 2025-26 and $24.7  Million in 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

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

Feb 25, 2025 - Includes Crimes That Were Not Affected by Proposition   36. The methodology counts 2013 ‑14 prison admissions for people who were convicted of receiving stolen property. However, this crime was generally not affected by Proposition  36.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

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

Apr 11, 2025 - This means it would not be adjusted for policy changes such as Proposition  36 (2024). Proposition  36 increased punishment for various theft and drug crimes, which could make it easier for people to fail-to-prison while on county felony supervision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This includes $8.2  million ($7  million General Fund) in efficiency reductions and $2.8  million General Fund in vacant position reductions. Please see the “New and Ongoing Efforts to Achieve Efficiencies” section of this post for more information on these budget-wide reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Feb 28, 2023 - Taxable bonds are projected to have about 7  percent interest rates in fall 2023 —or 1.35  percent higher than tax-exempt bonds. As a result, the annual debt service savings on these taxable bonds is about $5  million more than tax-exempt bonds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Figure  7 shows persistence rates for several cohorts that started their CCC education at CDCR. On average, incarcerated students have notably lower persistence rates compared with the average for CCC students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913