The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - Specifically, an 11  percent tax is applied to the gross retail sales of firearms, firearm precursor parts, and ammunition. Retail sales to law enforcement agencies and active or retired peace officers, as well as those that total less than $5,000 per quarter, are exempt from this tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - As  shown in Figure  6 , the proposed funding would support 11 budget proposals —including eight related to workload resulting from recently enacted  legislation. Figure 6 Summary of Governor ’s Firearm Workload Proposals Workload
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - These solutions yielded General Fund savings of $11  billion through 2025 ‑26. The Governor ’s budget reduces this amount by $1.3  billion through 2025 ‑26. The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - Currently, the Shriver Program supports 14 projects at 11 courts. Second, the EAF Program provides grants to more than 100 legal services providers (such as Legal Aid) across the state to support legal services or assistance to low-income or self-represented people.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

Overview and Update on the Prison Receivership

Nov 8, 2023 - As shown in Figure  3 below, inflation ‑adjusted spending on medical care increased every year over this time period, with the exception of 2009 ‑10 and 2010 ‑ 11 —when spending was reduced in response to the Great Recession —and 2012 ‑ 13 —when spending declined due to a reduction in the prison population associated with the 2011 realignment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4813

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 10, 2021 - Correction 1/11/21: Totals for immediate and early action proposals have been corrected. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4309

State Correctional Spending Increased Despite Significant Population Reductions

Feb 4, 2020 - For example, the number of health care positions per inmate has nearly doubled —from 0. 06 i n 2010 ‑ 11 t o 0. 11 i n 2018 ‑19 (the most recent complete data available). We note, however, that the number of non ‑health care staff declined over the same time period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4145

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - We reviewed the proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) for Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections). This review is pursuant to Section 19829.5 of the Government Code.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - The Governor ’s budget proposes $11  million General Fund in 2023 ‑24 (decreasing to $10.4  million annually in 2027 ‑28) to support Criminal Law Division and Public Rights Division implementation of 14 pieces of enacted legislation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - The judicial branch reports that a total of nearly 11, 000 r equests were submitted (with nearly 77  p ercent approved) by 6, 865 l itigants between April 2019 and October 2020 across five out of six courts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362