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

Feb 23, 2026 - We recommend the Legislature require CDCR to provide it with key information to inform its deliberations about whether the $91  million for separating employee leave cashout payments will be needed in 2029 ‑30 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - This commitment effectively backfilled the $1.4  billion transferred from the SCFCF to the General Fund to help address the state ’s budget condition between 2009 ‑10 and 2017 ‑18. The 2021 ‑22 budget formally shifted support for the construction of any future courthouses to the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

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

Feb 22, 2024 - In contrast, if the system was at 100  percent of its design capacity, there would be enough budgeted assignments to serve 91  percent of its population. The report did not reach a conclusion about what percent of the population should have an assignment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - In addition, the budget includes a $91  million reauthorization of lease revenue authority to construct a mental health crisis facility at CIM and a $11.5  million augmentation in lease revenue authority for an ongoing project to construct heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems at Ironwood State Prison in Blythe.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460

The 2024-25 Budget: County Probation Grants to Support Temporary Increase in the Supervision Population

Feb 20, 2024 - Since implementation of Proposition  57 began in 2017, the prison population has declined by about 37,500 people (29  percent) —from 131,300 on June 30, 2017 to 93,700 as of January 31, 2024. We note that while Proposition  57 has been a significant driver of this decline, various other sentencing changes have also contributed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4849

The 2023-24 Budget: County Probation Grants to Support Temporary Increase in the Supervision Population

Feb 23, 2023 - Since implementation of Proposition  57 began in 2017, the prison population has declined by about 35,700 people (27  percent) —from 131,300 on June 30, 2017 to 95,600 as of February 1, 2023. We note that, while Proposition  57 has been a significant driver of this decline, various other sentencing changes have also contributed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4703

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - This commitment effectively backfilled the $1.4  billion transferred from the SCFCF to the General Fund to help address the state ’s budget condition between 2009 ‑10 and 2017 ‑18. The 2021 ‑22 budget formally shifted support for the construction of any future courthouses to the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Beginning in 2018, Chapter  681 of 2017 (SB  395, Lara) required that arrested youths age 15 and younger be provided a consultation with legal counsel before they may waive their Miranda rights or be interrogated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

The 2023-24 Budget: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 16, 2023 - As of January  18,  2023, CDCR was responsible for incarcerating a total of about 95,600   people —91 ,300  men, 3,900 women, and 400  nonbinary people. Most of these people —about 91, 000 —are housed in 1  of 32 prisons owned and operated by the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4686

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - The valuation does not provide separate normal costs for the benefit for employee hired before 2017 versus those hired after 2017; however, the normal cost for the benefit earned by new employees certainly is lower than the normal cost for the benefit earned by employees hired before 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800