The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - Assessment No Concerns With Requested Amounts … As discussed in our January budget publication, The 2026‑27 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Budget , the state faces serious multiyear deficits that will need to be addressed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - This is especially critical given the multiyear deficits facing the state that leave no capacity for new ongoing commitments, meaning any additional General Fund provided for firearms regulation would likely require reduced spending for other existing state programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

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

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - For example, people working remotely likely do not face the same level of safety concerns that workers on site may experience when walking through a prison and interacting with various incarcerated people.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - It would be reasonable to consider redirecting this funding to such projects or pressing deferred maintenance needs to address unsafe conditions faced by current staff and court users in such facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care [Publication Details]

Feb 23, 2026 - For over three decades, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has faced litigation for providing unconstitutional levels of prison mental health care, in part due to chronic vacancies among mental health staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5134

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Both our office and the administration project that the state faces a manageable budget problem this year. The Governor addresses the budget problem primarily with spending ‑related solutions, as shown in the figure below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

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 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Given the stakes for youths who are facing potential interrogations and the relatively modest state costs, requiring local governments to provide youths with legal counsel prior to waiving their Miranda rights appears reasonable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

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

Feb 20, 2024 - Accordingly, there were concerns that counties could face cash-flow problems when temporary increases in the PRCS population occur. In light of these concerns, the state has provided a series of one-time augmentations associated with Proposition  57 —totaling $121  million from 2017 ‑18 through 2023 ‑24 —to the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) to distribute to probation departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4849