The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - The budget includes $71  million limited ‑term General Fund ($36  million in 2026 ‑27 and $35  million in 2027 ‑28) and $7.1  million SCFCF reimbursement authority ($3.6  million in 2026 ‑27 and $3.5  million in 2027 ‑28) for a previously approved facility modification project at the Orange CJC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

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

Feb 19, 2025 - The 2024-25 budget package required CDE to set aside up to $35  million of its 2025-26 GVPSS allocation for providing youth behavioral health training to staff who work directly with students in grades 7 through 12.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

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

Oct 24, 2025 - The budget provides ongoing General Fund —$37  million in 2026-27, $36  million in 2027-28, and $35  million annually beginning in 2028-29 —to backfill declines in criminal fine and fee revenue used to support BFS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - Specifically, the Governor proposes $37  million in 2026 ‑27, $36  million in 2027 ‑28, and $35  million annually beginning in 2028 ‑29. The 2025 ‑26 budget also maintains the budget bill language allowing DOF to augment the backfill amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

Achieving the Goals of the SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Oct 10, 2023 - Counties currently receive $12,800 for each person diverted from prison —35  percent of the $36,600 DOF estimates the state saves for each person diverted. However, based on limited data on marginal costs and average length of stay in prison and on parole, we estimate the state saves about $73,000 for each person diverted from prison, which could translate to $25,500 in savings passed on to counties at rate of 35  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4806

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

Jan 13, 2025 - 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 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 16, 2023 - This includes: $35  million for the construction of a fire suppression system at Pelican Bay State Prison. $34.2  million for the construction of an arsenic and manganese removal water treatment plant at Valley State Prison in Chowchilla. $20  million for various projects at SQ.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - This includes (1) $35  million one time to replace dayroom and common area furniture, (2) $23  million (decreasing to $18  million annually beginning in 2022 ‑23) to provide technology for inmates participating in academic programs, and (3) $14  million (decreasing to $3  million annually beginning in 2022 ‑23) for enhancements to rehabilitation programs provided at Valley State Prison in Chowchilla.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor's Proposals for CDCR Operations

Feb 8, 2022 - Inmate custodians are currently paid between $.35 and $1.00 per hour for their work. (We note that inmate workers employed by CDCR to carry out other work assignments were paid an average of $.36 per hour between February  2019  and  February  2020, the most recent data readily available.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4517

The 2022-23 Budget: Judicial Branch Proposals

Feb 3, 2022 - According to Judicial Council, annual allocations would depend on court size, with 15 courts each receiving $50,000, 35 courts each receiving $75,000, and 8  courts each receiving $100,000. The intent of this funding is to provide courts with the necessary staff and funding to conduct local technology modernization projects based on local priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4513