The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 budget gives JLBC until January 1, 2026 to review and express nonconcurrence of this subset of positions identified for elimination. In addition, the budget gives the JLBC the authority to review and nonconcur with the proposed elimination of positions in nine specified departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Feb 25, 2025 - As discussed above, the California Model project and implementation team —and the administration more broadly —is still in the process of reviewing the San Quentin advisory council ’s recommendations to determine which ones it will pursue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - New In-Custody Death Review Division. The budget provides $3.3  million General Fund in 2024-25 (increasing to $7.7  million in 2025-26 and ongoing) for BSCC to establish a new division that will review investigations of deaths that occur in local correctional facilities and make recommendations to such facilities as required by Chapter  306 of 2023 (SB  519, Atkins).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Students have access to research databases, e ‑journals, magazine subscriptions, peer ‑reviewed articles, and e ‑books that can be used to complete course  assignments. New Federal Policy Resumes Pell Grants for Eligible Incarcerated Students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913