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

Apr 11, 2025 - While counties are required to use SB  678 funds on evidence-based practices, there are no required audits or assessments of the evidence-based practices counties are using. This makes it difficult for the Legislature to assess whether counties that report funding evidence-based practices and programs are in fact doing so.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

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

Feb 25, 2025 - Background Adjustments Proposed Biannually Based on Projected Population Changes and Other Factors. As part of the Governor ’s January budget proposal each year, the administration requests adjustments to CDCR ’s budget based on projected changes in the prison and parole populations in the current and budget years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

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

Feb 26, 2025 - We will continue to monitor Proposition  36 implementation and the prison population and make recommendations based on the updated information available at the May Revision, including the administration ’s revised estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - The maximum Pell Grant award is about $7,400 in 2023 ‑24, with the specific amount students are entitled to receive varying based on income level, cost of attendance, and status as full ‑time or part ‑time student.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Based on the scope of the contract, the administration now anticipates (1)  savings of $425  million in 2025-26 from two departments ($300  million from DHCS and $125  million from CDCR) and (2)  unknown savings in the outyears.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - Some of the major adjustments include: $26.4  million ongoing net increase for contract medical services including funding based on medical acuity levels, medical parole, and administrative claims. This net increase results from a $38.5  million General Fund increase offset by a $12.1  million decrease in reimbursement authority. $24.3  million one-time General Fund
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924