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

Feb 25, 2025 - However, we anticipate that even after adjusting for the effects of Proposition  36 there will still be excess capacity. For example, if Proposition  36 increases the number of MHCBs needed by 4  percent in 2025 ‑26 (the amount the administration expects the measure to increase the overall population by in that year) there would still be 95  excess beds in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

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

Feb 26, 2025 - By overestimating the impact of Proposition  36, the administration underestimates the remaining prison population reduction still attributable to Proposition  47. This means that the $88.3  million in state savings estimated to occur in 2024-25 and reflected in the 2025-26 Governor ’s budget as a transfer from the General Fund to the SNSF is likely underestimated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Incarcerated students may use Pell Grants to cover tuition, textbooks and other course materials, supplies and equipment (such as to buy or rent a personal computer), and costs to obtain a certification or other first professional credential.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - LAO Assessment Either Bonds or Cash Can Be a Reasonable Way to Finance Capital Outlay Projects. In our view, there can be reasonable arguments for using either bonds or cash to finance capital outlay projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Taxpayers utilizing this option receive credits that can be claimed against their income taxes. For many taxpayers, this election also has the effect of reducing their federal taxes. The budget package (1)  extends the PTET through tax year 2030, and (2)  allows taxpayers to make a late prepayment for tax years 2026 onward, subject to a 12.5  percent reduction in the corresponding credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Apr 11, 2025 - However, this is not the case because generally only people with current serious or violent offenses can be placed on parole. Historically, only about half of the people released from prison have been released to parole and the other half to PRCS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031