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

Feb 25, 2025 - CDCR Also Continuing to Operate Excess APP and ICF Bed Capacity. As shown in Figure   4 , CDCR is also operating excess capacity in other types of inpatient beds, including 205 APPs, 327  ICFs at both men ’s prisons and state hospitals, 32  APP/ICF beds at women ’s prisons, and 13 APP/ICF beds for the condemned population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Flexible Cash Assistance for Survivors of Crime Grant Program Reversion. To help address the fiscal difficulties facing the state, the budget reverts $50  million General Fund from the Flexible Cash Assistance for Survivors of Crime pilot program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Specifically, in 2022 ‑23, 1,808 CCC students at CDCR (12  percent) had earned more than 60  units. Of these students, 418 (2.7  percent) had already earned 100 or more CCC units. Just over 100 of these students had already accumulated 150 or more units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913