Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Those departments may seek increases in compensation to ensure their pay remains competitive with CDCR —potentially adding still more costs to the state. Extending Licensing Exemptions to Out‑of‑State Licensed Providers State Licensing Policies Limit Pool of Potential Providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Added Time for Certain Theft or Property Damage Felonies. Chapter  174 of 2024 (S B  1416 , Newman), Chapter  220 of 2024 (A B  1960 , Rivas), and Proposition  36 all added similar language to state law, which allows for increased sentences for people convicted of felonies in which the amount of property that was stolen or damaged is over $50,000,  with longer enhancement terms as the dollar amounts increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

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

Feb 23, 2026 - Adding More Licensing Exemptions for Those Who Work at Prisons. Currently, providers with out ‑of ‑state licenses are required to obtain a California license to work in CDCR, though some may use their out ‑of ‑state license on a temporary basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

Assessing the Provision of Criminal Indigent Defense

Sep 22, 2022 - The metrics listed above can be used to ensure these guidelines or standards or met, or used to inform the setting of the s tandard. We describe a couple categories of such guidelines and standards below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4623

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - Beginning January 2025, requires such prosecuting agencies implement versions of the DOJ guidelines. DOJ requests resources to develop these guidelines and t o complete redaction and race ‑blind reviews of DOJ criminal cases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - For example, one potential funding option discussed in the report was to increase the specific fee added when individuals are convicted of criminal offenses which generates the revenue deposited into the DNA Identification Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 9, 2024 - State law specifies what types of litigation proceeds can be transferred into these funds and provides guidelines on how these proceeds are to be used. These DOJ special funds are part of the annual state budget process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4831

The 2023-24 Budget: Increased Federal Authority For State Crisis Intervention Program

Feb 22, 2023 - Given the deterioration in the state ’s budget condition, together with projected out-year deficits, it would be beneficial to utilize SCIP funds to support new or expanded programs that are eligible for SCIP funding under the federal guidelines and would otherwise be supported with new General Fund spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4697

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor's Proposals for CDCR Operations

Feb 8, 2022 - Although not required to, CalPIA generally adheres to various guidelines issued by the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) related to custodian classifications. CalHR has initiated a project to provide new guidelines related to custodian classifications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4517

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Given that the results of the recommended data and studies have the potential to notably improve legislative decision ‑making on prison postsecondary education policy and programs moving forward, we believe the added administrative workload is warranted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913