Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Therefore, having a report that explores the feasibility and costs of concentrating the mental health population in the easiest to recruit prisons would better position the state and the Legislature to know what the challenges of such an approach are.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

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

Feb 23, 2026 - CDCR could also identify prisons that face the greatest staffing challenges and utilize a greater share of remote providers at those facilities. The cost of such changes
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - The decision included the following footnote: “Because any permitting scheme can be put towards abusive ends, we do not rule out constitutional challenges to shall-issue regimes where, for example, lengthy wait times in processing license applications or exorbitant fees deny ordinary citizens their right to public carry. ” This footnote suggests that there may be a point where firearm regulatory fees become unconstitutionally high.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

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

Jan 31, 2022 - POST Faces Significant S B   2 Implementation Challenges. POST will likely face significant challenges implementing S B  2 , primarily due to the fact that the commission ’s staffing will need to roughly double by January 1, 2023 —only six months after receiving funding in the budget if the Governor ’s proposal is approved.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4507

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

Oct 24, 2025 - DOJ is also required to report to the Legislature in July 2028 and January 2030 on the impacts of the program, operational challenges, and recommendations for the future. Transition to Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal) System.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

Assessing the Provision of Criminal Indigent Defense

Sep 22, 2022 - There are also challenges coordinating data collection from private law firms or attorneys providing indigent defense. Finally, there are also challenges with collecting consistent data. For example, counties (and their departments) may not define a case or track cases in the same manner.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4623

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 2023-24 Budget: Office of the State Public Defender

Feb 15, 2023 - This would prov ide the Legislature with the necessary information to determine whether state funds were used effectively as well as whether there are any unintended challenges or unanticipated outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4680

The 2023-24 Budget: May Revision Proposals Related to the California Model and San Quentin State Prison

May 19, 2023 - For example, if the state decides to prioritize objectives related to reducing staff assaults and mental-health crisis bed admissions, then it could make sense to focus on prisons other than SQ that have greater challenges with these problems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4771

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The administration has shared that the scheduled reprocurement of Medi ‑Cal MCO contracts and anticipated volatility in the Medi ‑Cal caseload present challenges for renewing the MCO tax. While we agree that both factors present important challenges, we think that careful structuring of a renewed MCO tax potentially could overcome such barriers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492