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

Feb 23, 2026 - The Receiver ’s action plan lays out six primary goals, each with its own set of objectives and actions intended to address the outstanding deficiencies. Figure  8 shows the goals and accompanying selected actions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - Use Framework to Inform Future Actions. The Legislature could use the DOJ framework to inform its future actions. This could include aligning firearm and ammunition-related workload with the appropriate fund source.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Recommendations CDCR ’s actions and the mental health Receiver ’s proposed actions include promising efforts to address vacancies. For example, the creation of new classifications is a promising step as it would allow treatment to be provided by potentially easier ‑to ‑recruit, lower ‑cost positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

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

Oct 24, 2025 - Measures approved during a legislative special session set aside up to $25  million in 2024-25 (available for use through June 2028) for DOJ and other state department legal activities to defend the state against federal actions, to challenge federal actions generally, or to support administrative steps to mitigate the impacts of federal actions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - This led to the fund becoming insolvent and required various actions be taken —most notably the cancelation and suspension of projects supported by the construction account. Currently, the fund remains insolvent and is estimated to require a General Fund backfill in the tens of millions of dollars annually through 2036 ‑37 to maintain existing facility ‑related activities and to pay the debt service for completed construction  projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Moreover, specific budgetary conditions occurring this year —including legislative action taken last year to withdraw more in reserves this year —make interpretation of the budget position more complex.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - Trial courts took various actions to operationalize the budget reductions, including closing courtrooms or courthouses as well as reimagining how to deliver services (such as centralizing certain services).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Numerous actions to prevent the spread of COVID ‑19 in the community, courtrooms, correctional facilities, and other workplaces affected the criminal justice system in various ways, such as the following: Modified Law Enforcement Policies and Practices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2023-24 Budget: Office of the State Public Defender

Feb 15, 2023 - Howe ver, if the state ’s goal is to implement clearly specified actions identified by departmental management or hired consultants, less senior position classifications could be needed as such tasks may be less complex or technical.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4680

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - For DOJ actions, pena lty revenues are split equally between the state General Fund and the county in which the judgment was entered. DOJ requests resources to post reports on its website as well as to investigate and pursue such cases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701