Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - In fall 2023, we visited several prisons (both men’s and women’s). We met with students, faculty, and staff. During these visits, students shared their challenges, such as having instruction disrupted by prison security incidences that required them to return to their cells and encountering technology glitches (such as having difficulty finding areas of the prison with a strong enough Wi‑Fi signal for their laptops).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2011 Realignment of Adult Felony Populations: Results and Key Takeaways

Jun 30, 2026 - State Revenues Realigned to Counties Portion of State Sales Tax Revenue Shifted to Counties to Pay for Three Felony Populations. As a part of the 2011 realignment legislation, the state shifted a portion of sales tax revenue to counties to pay for their increased costs associated with managing the three felony populations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5191

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Moves Financial Institutions to Single Sales Factor Apportionment. Multistate and multinational corporations have their California tax liability calculated using a process known as apportionment. Most firms use the Single Sales Factor method, which calculates the percentage of a firm ’s sales that occur in California, and then subjects that percentage of the firm ’s profits to California taxation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Moves Financial Institutions to Single Sales Factor Apportionment. Multistate and multinational corporations have their California tax liability calculated using a process known as apportionment. Most firms use the Single Sales Factor method, which calculates the percentage of a firm ’s sales that occur in California, and then subjects that percentage of the firm ’s profits to California taxation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Apr 11, 2025 - Because the 2011 realignment shifted responsibility for various correctional populations from the state to the counties, it also shifted a portion of sales tax revenue to counties to support this workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 26, 2025 - Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

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

Feb 28, 2023 - Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924