Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Specifically, we recommend the Chancellor ’s Office be required to report: the number of incarcerated FTE students served, broken out by instructional modality; course success rates, also broken out by instructional modality; term ‑to ‑term persistence rates; share of first ‑year cohorts that pass college ‑level math and English; and program completion rates (such as earning an associate degree or certificate).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Feb 23, 2026 - This brief provides our analysis of the Governor’s 2026-27 budget proposals related to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

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

Oct 24, 2025 - This net amount includes a General Fund adjustment to help address the state ’s budget problem —specifically a one-time $34.3  million transfer from the Court Facilities Architectural Revolving Fund to the SCFCF in order to reduce the amount of the General Fund backfill.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

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

Feb 19, 2025 - This is because Chapter  231 makes these registration certificates an additional requirement to be licensed by DOJ to sell firearms and ammunition. Accordingly, revocation of a registration certificate would make a business unable to sell firearms or ammunition in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

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

Feb 8, 2022 - Accordingly, inmate custodians participating in the program receive the training necessary to properly clean health care facilities and obtain a health care facility cleaning certification. Inmate custodians are currently paid between $.35 and $1.00 per hour for their work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4517

The 2023-24 Budget: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training—Office of Administrative Hearing Costs

Feb 13, 2023 - Background Peace Officers Require Certification From POST. Existing state law requires peace officers (excluding certain classifications like correctional officers) to receive a basic certificate from POST.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4677

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

Jan 31, 2022 - The  Governor ’s proposal also does not include staffing for the one ‑time certification workload to issue proof of eligibility certificates to officers who do not have a basic certificate, including approximately 4,400 officers who are still in the probationary period with their employing agency and 2,000 reserve officers who do not have a basic certificate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4507

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - As such, the Legislature should carefully consider the degree to which it prioritizes this funding over its other budget priorities. For any additional funding that is ultimately provided, the Legislature should also consider whether it has certain priorities for how such funding is used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

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

Sep 26, 2022 - Senate Bill 2 creates a process by which peace officer certification can be suspended or revoked in instances of misconduct, including establishing a Peace Officer Standards Accountability Division within POST.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625