The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation [Publication Details]

Feb 23, 2026 - This brief provides our analysis of the Governor’s 2026-27 budget proposals related to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5137

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

Feb 23, 2026 - We find that the equipment and support staff requested for the program meet this threshold and recommend approving as it could help the state comply with the Coleman court ’s order to reduce vacancies and improve care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2023-24 Budget: Judicial Branch Budget Proposals

Feb 10, 2023 - This  results in 3,510 CARE Program petitions for review and 2,340 participants in 2023 ‑24. For  judicial branch operations, the administration assumes that a certain amount of judicial and court staff time and resources are needed to process each CARE  Program petition and case.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4673

Achieving the Goals of the SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Oct 10, 2023 - In an attempt to adjust for the effects of the 2011 public safety realignment, legislation was enacted to modify the original S B  678 formula for 2013 ‑14 and 2014 ‑15 to (1)  reflect that fewer people on felony probation could now be sent to prison and (2)  reward counties when they successfully send fewer people on felony probation to prison and jail (rather than just to prison as in the original formula).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4806

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - For a period, the SCFCF ’s insolvency halted the judicial branch ’s construction program. However, after the fiscal difficulties facing the state subsided, the state shifted support for the construction program to the state General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

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

Feb 23, 2026 - Proposition  47 Requires State Savings From Its Punishment Reductions to Be Spent on Specified Programs. By reducing the size of the state ’s prison population, Proposition  47 created state savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5108

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - This includes conducting background checks for people seeking to purchase firearms and ammunition, licensing firearm and ammunition vendors, and administering various other firearm and ammunition programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

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

Oct 24, 2025 - Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Program. The budget includes various adjustments to amounts provided in prior budgets to support costs for the CARE Program, which is a recently established court-based program allowing specific people to seek assistance for certain adults with severe mental illness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Public Safety Package

Feb 17, 2022 - This could mean that state funds could be used to pay for damages that may otherwise be covered by insurance or inadvertently reward retailers that took few precautions against theft. (For more information on this proposal, please see The 2022‑23 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development Proposals. ) Certain Proposals Not Structured to Effectively Achieve
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Not only will interns perform work while part of the program, but it is also possible that they will become employed permanently by CDCR. However, the plans put forward by CDCR and the Receiver could go further in addressing the barriers to filling vacancies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134