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

Feb 25, 2025 - However, while the new facility helps address reg ional capacity challenges, the department has excess MHCB capacity when viewed at the statewide level. As shown in Figure  3 , with the added capacity provided under this proposal, the department will continue to have more than enough existing capacity to meet all of its current and projected needs for licensed MHCBs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 During the special session called by the Governor, the Legislature added Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 to the 2024-25 Budget Act providing up to $2.5  billion one-time from the General Fund for response and recovery costs related to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Having these standards and utilization reports would not only help guide decisions about the amount of classroom space needed but would also help assess the need for other rehabilitation space at a systemwide level and at particular prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - The budget reflects various adjustments to help address the state ’s budget problem. Most notably, the budget includes a $105  million one-time reduction in General Fund support for the judicial branch in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

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

Apr 11, 2025 - Recommendations Below, we recommend changes to the Governor ’s proposed SB  678 grant formula that would help address the issues we identified above. These changes would result in a system that would better achieve the stated goals of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031