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

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 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 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: 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

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - The state provided $3.5  million one ‑time funding for equipment in 2016 ‑17 and provides about $400,000 ongoing funding for DRP ‑TV, which is a closed ‑circuit platform that delivers 24/7 televised programming content.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

The 2023-24 Budget: Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Testing Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - In order to ensure that sexual assault forensic evidence is tested in a timely manner, state law strongly encouraged certain procedural steps for sexual assault evidence collected on or after January 1, 2016.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4714

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - For Unit 6, the arrangement was established in the MOU that was ratified in 2016, reducing the benefit for employees hired after 2017. Per the Unit 6 MOU, the state and all Unit 6 members each pay 4 percent of pay to prefund the benefit, which is roughly one-half of the total normal cost for the benefit earned by employees hired before 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800