Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - A first ‑come, first ‑served approach does not take into account whether a student already has a degree or has many years remaining on a sentence. Under this approach, students close to release who do not yet have a degree could be crowded out by students who already have a degree and/or have a significant amount of time left on their sentences.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - Specifically, the DROS Special Account may generally be used to offset DOJ ’s reasonable costs of firearm-related regulatory and enforcement activities pertaining to the sale, purchase, manufacturing, lawful or unlawful possession, loan, or transfer of firearms.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - For example, the report should consider the extent to which outpatient populations could remain in hard ‑to ‑staff prisons but be serviced with tele ‑mental health to a greater  degree . Direct CDCR to Continue to Seek Further Alignment With Bed Need Study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

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

Feb 19, 2025 - Additionally, Chapter  231 requires DOJ provide CDTFA with the names and business locations of all firearm dealers, firearm manufacturers, and ammunition vendors at least quarterly to administer the tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

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

Feb 23, 2026 - Goal 6 Create Mechanisms to Demonstrate Remedies Selected Actions Partner with external expert to assess feasibility of seeking accreditation. CDCR = California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Below, we discuss both of these mechanisms in more detail, and how Proposition  47 and pandemic ‑era changes could have impacted observed retail theft trends in California through these mechanisms. Then, we summarize research finding evidence that Proposition  47 increased larceny (a type of theft that includes shoplifting as well as non ‑retail thefts), though it remains unclear whether and how it impacted retail theft specifically.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor's Proposals for CDCR Operations

Feb 8, 2022 - Five Prisons Have California State University (CSU) Bachelor ’s Degree Programs. In order to allow inmates with associate ’s degrees to receive bachelor ’s degrees, several CSU campuses have begun offering in ‑person bachelor ’s degree courses at neighboring prisons to inmates who satisfy the minimum requirements necessary for admission.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4517

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

Oct 24, 2025 - . $7.8  million in 2025-26 (increasing to $13  million annually beginning 2027-28) to staff a new learning center, establish a bachelor ’s degree program, establish electrical and barbering/manicurist training programs, and make various other programmatic enhancements at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (SQRC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - Specifically, the DROS Special Account may generally be used to offset DOJ ’s reasonable costs of firearm ‑related regulatory and enforcement activities pertaining to the sale, purchase, manufacturing, lawful or unlawful possession, loan, or transfer of firearms.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - Prohibits firearm industry members from manufacturing, marketing, importing, or selling firearm ‑related products that are abnormally dangerous and likely to create an unreasonable risk of harm to public health and safety.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701