MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - The primary difference between the two plans is (1)  who makes investment decisions and (2)  who bears the risk of investment losses. In the case of a defined benefit plan, the employer chooses how the funds are invested and bears all the risk of investment loss —the employee is provided a guaranteed annuity in retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 9, 2024 - The LDF is a state special fund that receives litigation proceeds —or monies required by settlement agreements or court judgements to resolve legal cases —in cases where the state is a party to the case and no other state law specifically provides for (1)  the handling and investing of the money and (2)  how any earned interest is distributed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4831

The 2023-24 Budget: Racial and Identity Profiling Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - For example, large agencies can benefit from economies-of-scale to make one-time investments in database systems that could help automate or validate data —thereby reducing the ongoing costs of collecting such data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4715

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - While this seems like a reasonable strategy, whether the short ‑term options proposed by the administration are most effective, especially in the context of what the state already has invested towards housing and homelessness infrastructure, is unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

Achieving the Goals of the SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Oct 10, 2023 - Spending on evidence ‑based practices can also ensure the state is spending funds in ways that are cost ‑effective instead of investing resources into practices that may not yield any benefits. However, these benefits can only be achieved if the practices supported are actually evidence based.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4806

Increasing Oversight of the State Litigation Deposit Fund

Jan 28, 2021 - Litigation proceeds are deposited into the LDF in cases where the state is a party to the legal action and no other state statutes specifically provide for ( 1)  t he handling and investing of the money and ( 2)  h ow any earned interest is distributed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4322

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 16, 2023 - . $21  million one-time General Fund for the Rehabilitative Investment Grants for Healing and Transformation Grant 2.0 to support community-based, nonprofit organizations in delivering trauma-informed, rehabilitative, and/or restorative justice programming at various prisons. $10.4  million General Fund in 2023-24 (decreasing to $7.2  million annually in 2024-25) to store and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - The funding was used to nearly double the number of self ‑help staff, invest in technology, increase self ‑help locations and hours of operation, and increase services to individuals with limited English proficiency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 26, 2022 - These include (1) $40 million annually for three years to expand capacity in  residential facilities in the community that provide rehabilitative programming to eligible people nearing the end of their sentences  or on parole; (2) $20 million one time to establish the Rehabilitative Investment Grants for Healing and Transformation program in order to expand capacity of
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625

The 2024-25 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 22, 2024 - PC 2067 requires CDCR to accommodate projected population declines by reducing capacity in a manner that maximizes long ‑term savings, leverages long ‑term investments, and maintains sufficient flexibility to comply with the court ‑ordered population limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852