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

Feb 13, 2023 - As of January 2023, POST had filled roughly one-third of its 16 positions in the Intake and Disposition bureau, which is responsible for analyzing and evaluating complaints received from the public and serious misconduct allegations received from l aw enforcement agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4677

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Under federal l aw, state and local government employers may continue to exclude some employees from Social Security coverage, but only if those employees are enrolled in a retirement plan that meets federal regulations requiring at least a specified level of benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Achieving the Goals of the SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Oct 10, 2023 - It is reasonable to think that S B  678 partially contributed to these reductions. For  example, data suggest that S B  678 successfully diverted thousands of people from prison in the initial years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4806

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Chapter  168 of 2024 (A B  2943 , Zbur) expanded officers ’ authority to arrest shoplifters and Chapter  803 of 2018 (A B  1065 , Jones ‑Sawyer) added conditions under which they can be held in jail until arraignment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

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

Jan 31, 2022 - How Will S B   2 Implementation Affect the Program? As discussed above, POST faces considerable S B  2 implementation challenges, including the need to roughly double its workforce by January 1, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4507

The 2023-24 Budget: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 16, 2023 - Chapter  827 of 2022 (S B  1008 , Becker) specifies that CDCR shall provide accessible, functional voice calls free of charge. On January 1, 2023, CDCR began implementing this requirement by paying all charges accrued for voice calls.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4686

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

Feb 23, 2026 - Receiverships are typically used as a last resort by courts b ecause high thresholds must be met for them to be established, such as demonstrating that there is a grave and immediate harm to the plaintiffs, that the use of less extreme remedies have been exhausted, and that a Receiver is the least intrusive means necessary to correct the violations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - For example, the 2018 ‑ 19 b udget also included $3. 2  m illion General Fund in 2018 ‑19, declining to $709,000 annually beginning in 2020 ‑21, for the judicial branch to design, build, and maintain an e ‑services web portal for self ‑represented individuals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - State law further requires our office to analyze any new mandates identified b y the Commission as a part of our annual analysis of the state budget. In particular, state law directs our office to report on the annual state costs for new mandates and make recommendations to the Legislature as to whether the new mandates should be repealed, funded, suspended, or modified.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - However, the provided funding was unallocated and subject to Judicial Council ’s discretion. b Does not include funding provided specifically for increased trial court health and retirement benefits as the state covers such costs in full.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959