Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - In addition, the Receiver ’s plan would also increase the pool of people that can provide services to the mental health population by expanding clinical internship slots across the prisons. Not only will interns perform work while part of the program, but it is also possible that they will become employed permanently by CDCR.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - For example, Chapter  231 specifies that the first $75  million deposited in the GVPSS Fund be designated for the California Violence Intervention and Prevention (CalVIP) Grant Program —which provides competitive grants for violence prevention activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

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

Jun 12, 2025 - The 2022 ‑23 Budget Act provided $85  million annually for three years to the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) to support competitive grants for local law enforcement to combat organized retail, motor vehicle, and cargo theft.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

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

Sep 26, 2022 - . $85 million annually for three years to support competitive grants for local law enforcement to combat organized retail, motor vehicle, and cargo theft. $50 million one time for grants to city and county law enforcement agencies to support officer wellness and mental health. $25 million one time to support competitive grants to local law enforcement agencies
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625

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

Feb 17, 2022 - The Governor ’s budget proposes $10  million annually from 2022 ‑23 through 2024 ‑25 for BSCC to administer a new competitive grant program for district attorneys to fund vertical prosecution of organized retail theft.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 9, 2024 - Tens of millions of LDF revenues are regularly transferred to four DOJ special funds —the Unfair Competition Law (UCL) Fund, the False Claims Act (FCA) Fund, the Antitrust Account, and the Public Rights Law Enforcement Special Fund (PRLESF) —that support litigation-related costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4831

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

Feb 23, 2026 - To address these issues, other department may seek similar compensation increases to ensure their pay remains competitive with CDCR. Governor’s Proposal Reasonable As discussed above, the Receiver ’s action plan was approved by the court when appointing the Receiver and appears to be a reasonable start to addressing the key areas of noncompliance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

Increasing Oversight of the State Litigation Deposit Fund

Jan 28, 2021 - For example, DOJ can determine that the monies related to a specific case could be used by the state to enfor ce both unfair competition laws and false claims laws —rather than just unfair competition laws.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4322

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

Oct 24, 2025 - Unfair Competition Law (UCL) Fund Loan. The budget includes an up to $150  million one-time, no-interest loan from the UCL Fund to the General Fund in 2025-26 to help address the state ’s budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - First, the Shriver Program —supported by a share of certain post-judgement civil filing fees —provides competitive grants to support projects in which a court partners with a legal services provider to provide legal representation to low-income people in civil matters that affect basic human needs (such as housing, child custody, probate, and conservatorship matters).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848