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

Feb 26, 2025 - Accordingly, the number of people that reach prison under Proposition  36 for drug possession is likely to be substantially smaller than the number of people that were sentenced to prison for drug possession prior to the passage of Proposition  47.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget includes provisional language authorizing the Department of Finance to augment State Emergency Telephone Number Account fund expenditure authority by amounts “necessary to continue implementation of the Next Generation 9-1-1 system, including transition from the legacy 9-1-1 system, ” subject to 30-day legislative notification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Feb 25, 2025 - Accordingly, the number of people that reach prison under Proposition  36 for drug possession is likely to be substantially smaller than the number of people that were sentenced to prison for drug possession prior to the passage of Proposition  47.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

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

Apr 11, 2025 - We recommend that a group of experts, be convened to identify evidence-based practices that are likely to reduce the number of prison commitments from the county felony supervision population. Only these practices would be eligible for funding through this portion of the grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Overall, we found that these education programs have several positive aspects but also a number of problems and missed opportunities. Anecdotally, Both Students and Staff Cite Benefits of Prison Education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - . $16.1  million ($9.7  million from 2022-23 and $6.4  million from 2023-24) in unspent monies provided to increase the number of official court reporters in family and civil cases. $9.2  million from 2023-24 related to the Firearm Relinquishment Grant Program, which supported court-based programs to remove firearms from people prohibited from owning them. $5  million from 2023-24 related to Judicial Council operational savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924