The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - The DROS Special Account is the primary special fund supporting BOF activities. This is because it receives the most fee revenue. Additionally, the statutorily permissible uses of the fund are quite broad.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - As such, it would be reasonable to provide the requested funding to support this workload on the assumption that all fu nding provided for legal activities is currently used efficiently and effectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - Currently, the fund remains insolvent and is estimated to require a General Fund backfill in the tens of millions of dollars annually through 2036 ‑37 to maintain existing facility ‑related activities and to pay the debt service for completed construction  projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

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

Feb 23, 2026 - This  means that the department is either not doing or delaying activities that it is budgeted to do in order to free up funding to address the shortfall. However, because these decisions are typically internal to the administration and made after the budget is enacted, it is difficult for the Legislature to know what activities are affected and what programmatic implications that m ay have.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

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

Oct 24, 2025 - As a result of the activation, the 34 unlicensed beds currently operated at CIM would be deactivated and the $16.4  million General Fund currently supporting these beds would be shifted to staff the new facility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

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

Feb 19, 2025 - Subject to Legislative Appropriation $50.0 CDE Program or activities (such as physical security improvements and school ‑based mental health services) addressing risk factors for gun violence affecting K ‑12 students. 3 15.0 JC Court ‑based firearm relinquishment grant program to facilitate removal of firearms and ammunition from individuals who become prohibited from owning or
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - Currently, the fund remains insolvent and is estimated to require a General Fund backfill in the tens of millions of dollars annually for at least a decade to maintain existing facility related activities and to pay the debt service for completed construction projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - The DROS Special Account is the primary special fund supporting BOF activities. This is because it receives the most fee revenue. Additionally, the statutorily permissible uses of the fund are quite broad.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

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

Jan 13, 2025 - These include funds for water recycling, wildfire prevention activities at state parks, and dam safety activities. The proposal would then provide a like amount of funding from Proposition  4, the climate bond approved by voters in November 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

Jun 12, 2025 - For example, the 2021 ‑22 budget package provided the judicial branch with $140   million —a portion of which was ongoing —to support programs and activities aimed at reducing pretrial detention of people in jail, including funding for pretrial monitoring services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055