Overview of Proposition 36 Fiscal Impacts and Selected Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs [Publication Details]

Feb 25, 2025 - Overview of Proposition 36 Fiscal Impacts and Selected Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4981

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change [Publication Details]

Jun 12, 2025 - In this report, we provide background on trends in retail theft over the past decade, discuss some of the possible contributors to these trends, describe recent retail theft-related law changes, and outline key questions that the Legislature may want to ask as it continues to provide oversight of this issue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5055

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

Jun 12, 2025 - In response to growing concerns, the Legislature and voters have enacted several law changes aimed at reducing retail theft, including Proposition  36 (2024) and various bills, such as Chapter  168 of 2024 (A B  2943 , Zbur).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

Proposition 36: Allows Felony Charges and Increases Sentences for Certain Drug and Theft Crimes. Initiative Statute. [Publication Details]

Sep 10, 2024 - Proposition 36: Allows Felony Charges and Increases Sentences for Certain Drug and Theft Crimes. Initiative Statute. [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4921

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - Specifically, the Governor proposes $37  million in 2026 ‑27, $36  million in 2027 ‑28, and $35  million annually beginning in 2028 ‑29. The 2025 ‑26 budget also maintains the budget bill language allowing DOF to augment the backfill amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

State Corrections: Response to COVID-19

May 8, 2020 - The Governor ’s Executive Order N-36 ‑20 directed the Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) to suspend in-person parole hearings for 60 days. The Secretary of CDCR may extend this suspension for additional 30-day increments as needed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4229

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

Feb 13, 2023 - While POST estimates an average of 36 hours per case, the complexity of the cases could vary significantly, leading to a wide range of hours billed to POST. POST Is Still Building Its Capacity to Process Cases .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4677

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - This includes (1) $43  million (decreasing to $36  million annually in 2022 ‑23) to increase and standardize staffing levels within the Psychiatric Inpatient Program, (2) $4  million (increasing to $12  million annually by 2023 ‑24) to improve quality management and patient safety, and (3) $4  million for telepsychiatry supervision staffing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Under this formula, employees who work for 40 years and are older than 57 years may receive a pension that replaces 100  percent of their final compensation (defined as compensation over a 36-month period).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2021-22 Budget: State Correctional Population Outlook

Nov 19, 2020 - On March  24, 2020, the Governor issued Executive Order N ‑36 ‑20, which directed the Secretary of CDCR to temporarily suspend intake to state prison —meaning inmates sentenced to prison would instead remain in county jail until the suspension is lifted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4304?utm_source=laowww&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4304