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

Jun 30, 2026 - Judicial Council tracks the usage of these violation sanctions. As shown in Figure  10 , most people found to be in violation of their PRCS received jail time. As  such, unsuccessful completions of supervision can have a significant impact on county jail populations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5191

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

Feb 23, 2026 - Track Progress Towards Exiting Mental Health Receivership. We recommend the Legislature track how effective CDCR and the Receiver are at meeting the goals and implementing the action plan. In particular, the Legislature will want to monitor progress on the implementation of CQIT, the suicide prevention plan, efforts to reduce mental health vacancies, and any newly identified substantive deficiencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

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

Jun 12, 2025 - The number of incidents in which retail businesses are victims of theft ‑related crime is not tracked in statewide crime statistics. This is because statewide crime statistics are generally not tracked by the type of victim.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2026-27 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 23, 2026 - Figure 1 Administration Projects Decrease in Proposition 47 Savings Due to Proposition 36 2023 ‑24
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5108

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - (We also note that CJIS separately receives millions of dollars annually from several fund sources to maintain and update various databases needed to support BOF ’s activities, such as the Automated Firearms System, which tracks firearm serial  numbers.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - As shown in Figure  1, the Governor ’s budget proposes $1.3  billion to support DOJ operations in 2026-27 —a decrease of $13  million (or 1  percent) from the revised amount for 2025-26. A little more than half of the proposed funding supports DOJ ’s Division of Legal Services, while the remainder supports the Division of Law Enforcement and the California Justice Information Services Division (CJIS).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - For example, it could (1)  make it easier to recruit staff located in areas with a wider pool of applicants, (2)  reduce the need for mental health staff at locations with large vacancies, and (3)  reduce the competition for mental health staff among adjacent facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - To help assess the effectiveness of CCC courses at state prisons, we recommend that the Legislature require CDCR to work with each of its education partners to track and report certain data. Specifically, we recommend CDCR track and report recidivism rates, employment rates, and wages by educational program and provider.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

Overview and Update on the Prison Receivership

Nov 8, 2023 - The federal court found that the IT (such as electronic files that track appointments) to complete essential medical care tasks was “practically non ‑existent ” in California prisons. To address these deficiencies, the Receiver procured various IT systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4813

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 24, 2025 - As shown in the figure, the prison population is projected to decrease by about 200 (less than 1  percent) from 91,400 in 2024-25 to 91,200 in 2025-26. The parole population is projected to decrease by about 500 (1  percent) from 34,700 in 2024-25 to 34,200 in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085