The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - A large portion of the General Fund support is used to support the Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS) enforcement teams, which seize firearms from people prohibited from owning or possessing them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - For example, in court documents, CDCR estimated that the staff fill rate for ICF and APP beds in June would have been 98  percent for psychiatrists (instead of 81  percent), 73  percent for psychologists (instead of 52  percent), 105  percent for social workers (instead of 82  percent), and 127  percent for recreational therapists (instead of 101  percent) had all 249  inpatient beds been deactivated that month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 9, 2024 - . $400  Million Loan From LDF to General Fund. The 2023-24 budget included budget provisional language allowing the Department of Finance (DOF) to authorize an up to $400  million no-interest loan from the LDF to the General Fund to help address the state ’s budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4831

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - Most of the General Fund is used to support the Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS) enforcement teams, which seize firearms from individuals prohibited from owning or possessing them. This has been the case since 2019 ‑20 when the budget package shifted full support of these teams over to the General  Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Public Safety Package

Feb 17, 2022 - As previously discussed, APPS identified nearly 23,600 armed and prohibited persons as of January 2021. The 2021 ‑22 budget provided $10  million one ‑time General Fund to DOJ ’s Gun  Violence Reduction Program for competitive grants to county sheriff ’s departments to reduce the number of armed and prohibited persons by seizing firearms and ammunition from them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

The 2023-24 Budget: Judicial Branch Budget Proposals

Feb 10, 2023 - This additional time could be needed for various reasons, including to ensure that all participants have the ability to be heard (which could simply require more time and resources) or to address conflicting interpretations or app lication of the language (which could be resolved legislatively or through statewide Judicial Council guidance).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4673

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

Jun 12, 2025 - In addition, damaging property in the process of shoplifting is still considered vandalism, which is punishable as a felony if  the damaged property is valued at $400  or  more.) Receiving Stolen Property.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

Overview and Update on the Prison Receivership

Nov 8, 2023 - The has state dedicated a total of about $400 million to the project including the addition of functionality after completion. The state spent about $34 million in 2022‑23 to operate the EHRS, including maintenance and vendor licensing fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4813

Assessing the Provision of Criminal Indigent Defense

Sep 22, 2022 - In 1976, the National Study Commission of Defense Services established maximum attorney standards —such as annual caseload not exceeding 150 felony cases or 400 misdemeanor cases (excluding traffic cases) —that have been used as a comparison for decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4623

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 16, 2023 - The budget includes an up to $400  million no-interest loan from the LDF to the General Fund to help address the state ’s budget problem. The LDF is a state special fund that receives certain payments, known as litigation proceeds, required by settlement agreements or court judgments to resolve legal cases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805