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

Feb 23, 2026 - Goal 6 Create Mechanisms to Demonstrate Remedies Selected Actions Partner with external expert to assess feasibility of seeking accreditation. CDCR = California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Over the past ten years, the average Unit  6 member has become younger. The share of Unit  6 members who are 40 years old or younger has increased 10  percentage points form 42  percent in 2012 to 52  percent in 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - For example, the 2023-24 budget package included $19.3  million in 2023-24 (decreasing to $6  million annually beginning in 2026-27) —mostly from the DROS Special Account —for the implementation of five pieces of enacted legislation, increased or new baseline workload, and the continuation of FITSM.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

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

Feb 23, 2026 - Proposition  47 further requires that monies in the SNSF be allocated as follows: (1)  65  percent to the Board of State and Community Corrections for mental health and substance use treatment, (2)  25  percent to the California Department of Education for school truancy and drop-out prevention, and (3)  10  percent to the California Victim Compensation Board for trauma recovery services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5108

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

Oct 24, 2025 - Local Grant Funding ($6  Million). The budget also includes $6  million General Fund in 2025-26 for DOJ to provide $2  million grants to the San Francisco City Attorney Office, Santa Clara County Counsel Office, and Los Angeles County Counsel Office for similar work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - Additionally, since 2009 ‑10, nearly $1.7  billion has been transferred from the judicial branch ’s construction accounts to the General Fund or to support trial court operations. These transfers were originally made to help address the fiscal difficulties then facing the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

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

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Given that it appears easier to recruit and retain mental health staff at some prisons relative to others, we recommend requiring CDCR report on the feasibility of concentrating —or clustering —the mental health population at the prisons where it is easiest to recruit and retain staff by January 10, 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 16, 2023 - This is a decrease of $1.2  billion, or 6  percent, below the revised 2022-23 spending level. A large portion of this reduction is due to the expiration of limited-term funding provided in previous years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 26, 2022 - The parole population is projected to decrease by about 2,900 (6 percent) from 46,500 in 2021-22 to 43,600 in 2022-23. Health Care. The budget includes various augmentations related to correctional health care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625