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

Feb 23, 2026 - Conducting oversight to ensure thes e parts of the plan are being implemented in a timely and effective manner will be important to reaching a constitutional level of care. The Legislature could do so by requesting annual updates on the progress made through reports and in budget hearings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - We recommend the Legislature approve the Governor ’s proposal for $11.2  million in one-time General Fund support to continue the FITSM project. This will ensure that this necessary project remains uninterrupted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - Consumer = Consumer Protection Section; Torts = Torts and Condemnation Section; CRES = Civil Rights Enforcement Section; AWT = Appeals, Writs and Trials Section; PRD = Public Rights Division; Land = Land Use and Conservation Section; WRFLS = Worker Rights and Fair Labor Section; and IGLS = Indian and Gaming Law Section.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - This makes it difficult for the Legislature to determine whether it agrees with what monies are being considered for transfer back to th e General Fund. Second, the proposed language does not include any requirements for legislative notification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

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

Oct 24, 2025 - In addition, the budget provides $5  million one time to support initial implementation of Chapter  576 of 2022 (AB  778, E. Garcia), which requires CDCR to ensure that at least 60  percent of the agricultural food products that it purchases are grown or produced in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - These costs will likely continue to increase over time due to inflation and various other factors. Figure 3 Status of Trial Court Construction Projects Beginning  in 2019 ‑20 a Priority Group Estimated Project Costs (in Billions) Number Initiated
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - At the time of this publication, the mental health Receiver had approved CDCR ’s request to close 100 excess inpatient beds and was deliberating on whether to deactivate additional excess inpatient beds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2022-23 Budget: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training

Jan 31, 2022 - Lastly, POST will need to procure an allegation intake softwar e system to receive reports from law enforcement agencies and have the system operational by January 1, 2023. While it is feasible that POST can address these challenges, the Legislature will want to understand POST ’s implementation plans and any contingency plans that POST has to ensure it implements the S B  2 program on time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4507

The 2023-24 Budget: Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Testing Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - Despite this requirement, state law provides an exception that allows for prosecution of such crimes to commence more than ten years after commission of an offens e if a criminal complaint is filed within one year of the date on which the identity of a suspect is conclusively established by DNA testing as long as the DNA evidence was analyzed within two years from the date of the offense.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4714

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

Sep 26, 2022 - Th e budget package also changed state law to reduce the amount of civil assessment that could be imposed from a maximum of $300 to a maximum of $100. On net, these two changes require a $67  million backfill to maintain trial court funding levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625