The 2023-24 Budget: Office of the State Public Defender

Feb 15, 2023 - Additionally, as noted by OSPD, 76  percent of its attorneys are white, while 78  percent of its active death penalty clients are non-white. Research suggests attorney representation could be more effective if trust is built when clients and attorneys are of similar backgrounds (such as race) or through effective DEI training.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4680

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - In addition, the budget includes $51  million General Fund (increasing annually to $78  million by 2024 ‑25) for COVID-19 workers ’ compensation claims related to Chapter  85 of 2020 (SB  1159, Hill).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460

The 2022-23 Budget: Judicial Branch Proposals

Feb 3, 2022 - In particular, the Legislature could provide so me, or all, of the requested funding to address pandemic ‑related impacts in 2022 ‑23 in order to minimize impacts (such as backlogs or delays) on courts users statewide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4513

The California State Bar: Assessment of Proposed Disciplinary Case Processing Standards

Jan 6, 2023 - The California State Bar: Assessment of Proposed Disciplinary Case Processing Standards 78 29% Analyst’s Review of State Bar Proposal The State Bar ’s submitted report fulfills the requirements specified in S B  211 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4655

Assessing the Provision of Criminal Indigent Defense

Sep 22, 2022 - One me thod of comparing caseload is to examine the number of arrests to the number of attorneys for both district attorney offices and indigent defense. This is because arrests can be a strong indicator of potential workload given that prosecutors determine whether charges will be filed following arrest and indigent defense counsel is typically appointed within 48 hours of arrest.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4623

Increasing Oversight of the State Litigation Deposit Fund

Jan 28, 2021 - As shown in Figure  5 , tens of millions of dollars are transferred from the LDF annually into these DOJ special funds —ranging from nearly $ 20  m illion in 2009 ‑ 10 t o $ 78  m illion in 2015 ‑16.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4322