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

Feb 23, 2026 - The court has indicated that the state also needs to make various other improvements, including in the following key areas: (1)  ensuring people with a mental health need are receiving services in a timely manner, (2)  fully implementing all portions of CDCR ’s suicide prevention plan, and (3)  finalizing the Continuous Quality Improvement Tool (CQIT), which is an information technology (IT) system that will be used to detect quality of care issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - Finally, the Orange CJC project is already in progress and addresses key safety issues in a building with large numbers of people visiting on a daily basis. …But CJC Proposal Raises Questions About Appropriate Oversight.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

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

Oct 24, 2025 - Finally, the budget includes various capital outlay adjustments. This includes the following: $36.4  million one-time General Fund to support four capital outlay projects. This amount consists of $31.3  million for pre-construction activities for four projects (Butte Juvenile Hall, Fresno, San Luis Obispo, and Solano) and $5  million for construction for one project (Butte Juvenile Hall).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

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

Feb 22, 2023 - This would prevent the Legislature from having sufficient time to deliberate and provide any guidance on the plan, as well as take any corresponding actions as part of the budget package, prior to the plan being finalized.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4697

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - Finally, DOJ manages various databases, including the statewide criminal history database. Spending Proposed for 2026-27. As shown in Figure  1, the Governor ’s budget proposes $1.3  billion to support DOJ operations in 2026-27 —a decrease of $13  million (or 1  percent) from the revised amount for 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Finally, offering more tele ‑mental health positions could allow CDCR to recruit staff from areas of the state where there is a larger pool of providers available. State Has Room to Utilize More Tele ‑Mental Health.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Finally, the Governor sets the balance of the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties to $4.5   billion —somewhat higher than the level enacted by recent budgets. Revenue Estimates Reasonable, but Risks Must Be Kept in Focus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 Budget: Racial and Identity Profiling Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - This is because while one-time costs (such as to modify local database systems to capture the data) will no longer be incurred, more law enforcement departments will be required to report (as a result of the final wave of implementation).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4715

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - The restoration initially moved forward as the judicial branch believed that the provisions of Control Section 4. 05 —namely the ability for state entities to work with DOF to determine the final reduction amount —applied to the trial court reduction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

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

Sep 26, 2022 - Some of the notable adjustments include: $5 million one time for grants to Girl Scouts Councils in California for background checks of volunteers. $4.5 million in 2022-23 (decreasing to $2.2 million annually beginning in 2023 ‑24) for the final implementation and ongoing maintenance of a tiered sex offender registry as required by Chapter 541 of 2017 (SB 384,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625