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

Feb 25, 2025 - Moreover, SQRC has many other existing nonstate ‑run rehabilitation programs. It is possible that after conducting its stakeholder engagement process, it will determine that some of those programs represent a higher priority for expansion than adding a new bachelor ’s degree program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - (Beginning in 2023 ‑24, colleges may use these funds to cover textbook costs in other correctional settings too, including county jails and federal prisons located in the state.) CDCR Is Funded to Provide Technology for Incarcerated Students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - For many taxpayers, this election also has the effect of reducing their federal taxes. The budget package (1)  extends the PTET through tax year 2030, and (2)  allows taxpayers to make a late prepayment for tax years 2026 onward, subject to a 12.5  percent reduction in the corresponding credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - Since capital outlay projects will provide benefits for many years, future taxpayers would pay for the future bene fits (through debt service payments) rather than current taxpayers paying for the entire project (through cash financing).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709