The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - This means that additional issues could be identified that drive further cost increases. The sizeable increase in funding raises questions on whether sufficient oversight was in place to appropriately assess the scope of work and costs before the project began.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Implementation of Proposition  57 is driving a long ‑term downward trend in the prison population. Reduction of Probation Terms. Chapter  328 of 2020 (A B  1950 , Kamlager) reduced maximum probation terms to one year for misdemeanors and two years for felonies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 23, 2026 - This includes: $4.8  million for 50 medical assistants in 2026 ‑ 27 —a one ‑to ‑one ratio of provider to medical assistant —who will be at the prisons setting up equipment and observing patients during tele ‑mental health appointments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - We recommend the Legislature approve the Governor ’s proposal for $11.2  million in one-time General Fund support to continue the FITSM project. This will ensure that this necessary project remains uninterrupted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 24, 2025 - Other Notable One-Time General Fund Adjustments. The budget package also includes several other notable one-time General Fund adjustments. These include the following: Proposition  36 (2024). $20  million one-time General Fund to address increased workload and to expand or establish collaborative courts in order to implement Proposition  36,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - One way to implement this strategy would be to assign tele ‑mental health staffing to as many CCCMS patients as possible before moving to EOP patients, given EOP patients ’ greater acuity. Deploying such a strategy could also include identifying prisons that face the greatest staffing challenges and utilizing a greater share of remote workers at those facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Aging Cohort of Correctional Officers Driving Retirements. The average correctional officer retires at the age of 55 years after having worked for the state for 23 years —this statistic is unchanged from 2013.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Achieving the Goals of the SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Oct 10, 2023 - Absent the temporary hold, grant awards could have been artificially reduced because people on felony probation that are more likely to fail would remain in the caseload driving up failure ‑to ‑prison rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4806

The 2023-24 Budget: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 16, 2023 - However, the proposal has a significant budget ‑year cost and would drive General Fund costs on an ongoing basis. This is notable, given the budget problem facing the state. Specifically, the Governor ’s budget proposes various budget solutions to address the estimated budget problem for 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4686

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - Chapter  231 also requires that the loan be repaid with collected excise tax revenues, prior to any of the expenditures from the new GVPSS Fund. 2024-25 Budget Package Specified One-Time Allowable Use of California Department of Education (CDE) 2025-26 Allocation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970