The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Justice Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Proposition   63 (2016) and Chapter   55 of 2016 (S B   1235 ,  De  Le ón). Proposition   63 —as amended by Chapter   55 —implemented various state laws related to the regulation of firearms and ammunition.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4527

The 2023-24 Budget: Racial and Identity Profiling Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - While the full extent of how such da ta is used is unclear, there are clear examples where it has been used to generate research to further public discourse on racial and identity profiling. For example, the Public Policy Institute of California published reports on racial disparities in law enforcement stops in October 2021 and on racial disparities in traffic stops in October 2022 —both of which used this data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4715

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

Sep 26, 2022 - . $20.9 million one time to assist counties with the temporary increase in the population served by county probation departments due to expedited prison releases resulting from Proposition 57 (2016). $20 million one time to support a competitive grant program for county probation departments to establish mobile probation service centers. $20 million annually for three years for
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - As shown in Figure  2, support for BOF has increased over the past decade from $26.6  million in 2016-17 to $70.4  million in 2025-26 —an increase of $43.8  million (or 165  percent). During this period, BOF also shifted from being fully supported by various special funds and began receiving General Fund support in 2019-20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

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

Feb 17, 2022 - As such, providing additional funding to UCFC could help address this gap by generating research that could be used by the state to de termine how best to address firearm violence, injury, or other related issues effectively in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

The 2024-25 Budget: County Probation Grants to Support Temporary Increase in the Supervision Population

Feb 20, 2024 - Proposition  57 (2016) Caused Temporary Increases in PRCS Population.  When a policy change causes people to be released from prison earlier than otherwise, it causes a temporary increase in the PRCS and parole populations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4849

The 2023-24 Budget: County Probation Grants to Support Temporary Increase in the Supervision Population

Feb 23, 2023 - Proposition  57 (2016) Caused Temporary Increases in PRCS Population. When a policy change causes people to be released from prison earlier than otherwise, it causes a temporary increase in the PRCS and parole populations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4703

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Reduction of Prison Terms Due to Proposition   57 (2016). In 2016, voters approved Proposition  57, which, among other provisions, expanded CDCR ’s authority to reduce people ’s prison terms through credits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - To help address this steady decline and to maintain the level of services provided by BFS, the state has provi ded General Fund support to backfill the reduction in criminal fine and fee revenue deposited in the DNA Identification Fund since 2016 ‑17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2023-24 Budget: Increased Federal Authority For State Crisis Intervention Program

Feb 22, 2023 - Proposition  63 Firearm Relinquishment Process Proposition  63, approved by voters in 2016, created a new court process to ensure that people convicted of criminal offenses that prohibit them from owning firearms relinquish them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4697