The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 26, 2025 - First, Proposition  36 only allows people who possess certain drugs to be charged with a treatment mandated felony if they have at least two past drug convictions. Whereas, people who possessed drugs prior to Proposition  47 could be charged with a felony even without any prior convictions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - CDCR reports that it is in the process of developing criteria for who will be housed at SQRC with a focus on maximizing the number of people who will be able to take advantage of the enhanced rehabilitation opportunities at SQRC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - For example, there is no adjustment for the fact that people who are ultimately released to parole serve, on average, nearly six years in prison and around two years on parole. As a result, this part of the proposed methodology would underestimate state savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - 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 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - One advantage of bonds is that they can better align who pays for the project with who benefits from the project. Since capital outlay projects will provide benefits for many years, future taxpayers would pay for the future bene fits (through debt service payments) rather than current taxpayers paying for the entire project (through cash financing).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709