The 2023-24 Budget: Increased Federal Authority For State Crisis Intervention Program

Feb 22, 2023 - This means that the use of SCIP funds would be finalized before the Legislature has completed its deliberations on the 2023 ‑24 budget. To ensure that the Legislature has the opportunity to provide direction to BSCC on the use of these funds through the 2023 ‑24 budget package, we recommend directing BSCC not to finalize the use of grant funds until after the 2023 ‑24 budget is adopted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4697

The 2023-24 Budget: Racial and Identity Profiling Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - The final wave of agencies —Wave 4 —are required to submit their first report by April 2023. This report would capture all stops conducted in 2022. As such, 2022-23 will be the first year in which the full-year costs of all agencies complying with these requirements will be observed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4715

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 9, 2024 - Additionally, this transfer requirement will generally only leave monies in the LDF that were pending allocation to specific entities or narrowly defined purposes, as well as funds tied to cases awaiting final resolution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4831

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

Oct 24, 2025 - Finally, it includes a net $19.8  million ongoing General Fund augmentation for increased trial court health and retirement benefits. The budget package also sets aside funding to support any increases for these benefits that occur during 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 16, 2023 - The final step of the process requires cases to be referred to the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) within the Department of General Services for a final decision made by OAH administrative law judges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - For example, the 2023-24 budget package included $19.3  million in 2023-24 (decreasing to $6  million annually beginning in 2026-27) —mostly from the DROS Special Account —for the implementation of five pieces of enacted legislation, increased or new baseline workload, and the continuation of FITSM.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 26, 2022 - Finally, the budget requires Judicial Council to report annually on the program and to contract for an external evaluation due no later than March 1, 2025. $33.2 million annually in 2022-23 and 2023-24 (decreasing to $1.6 million annually beginning in 2024-25) to implement and maintain remote access to court proceedings as required by Chapter 526 of 2021 (AB 716, Bennett).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625

The 2026-27 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 23, 2026 - Figure 1 Administration Projects Decrease in Proposition 47 Savings Due to Proposition 36 2023 ‑24
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5108

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

Feb 13, 2023 - If the POST commission votes for decertification, the case is referred to an administrative law judge at OAH who will render the final decision. The 2022-23 budget provides $22.6  million from the General Fund (decreasing to $20.6  million in 2023-24 and ongoing) and 127 positions to implement SB  2.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4677

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Since 2023 ‑24, the Legislature has addressed a cumulative total of $82  billion in budget problems, but even including the withdrawal for 2025 ‑26, has only used about half of the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951