Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Faculty Recruitment Challenges. Community college administrators indicate that finding enough faculty to teach inside state prisons tends to be difficult. Some faculty do not feel comfortable or do not want to work inside a prison.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The language also requires OES to provide the Legislature with two progress reports on the project —which has faced significant implementation challenges —on or before November 1, 2025 and March  1, 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - For more detail on some of the challenges that can arise when a fund source does not have adequate capacity to support debt service payments, see our report, The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Fund Shift for CHP and DMV Capital Projects .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - For  example, resource teams are typically focused on some of the most challenging populations in the highest ‑security environments in the system. In addition, honor dorms —at least as they have been implemented so far —seem to be focused on specific subpopulations, such as people under the age of 26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986