The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - GO-SERVE oversees three notable programs: the California Volunteers, the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications (OCPSC), and the Youth Empowerment Commission. The spending plan includes $225  million for the office in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Feb 25, 2025 - Many of these recommendations differ from, or go beyond, the activities being implemented under the oversight of the California Model project and implementation team. For example, the report recommended single‑celling the entire prison, which would involve reducing the population of the prison.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Even those confined to life sentences shared that a CCC education had been beneficial in various ways, including by allowing them to serve as mentors to younger incarcerated persons and inspiring family members on the outside to go to college.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913