The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - Support for these teams was fully shifted over to the General Fund as part of the 2019-20 budget package. In the past couple of years , the General Fund —rather than special funds —have been used to support the costs of implementing some new firearm-related legislation and workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - Figure 3 Status of Trial Court Construction Projects Beginning  in 2019 ‑20 a Priority Group Estimated Project Costs (in Billions) Number Initiated
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - While this proposed expansion is laudable, it would increase the rate of remote providers roughly to 30   percent —still 20  percentage points below the court allowed limit. (For more on this proposal, including some concerns we have with the amount of resources requested, please see the “Tele ‑Mental Health ” section in our brief The 2026‑27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

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

Oct 24, 2025 - (This adjustment results in a net $20  million ongoing General Fund backfill.) Facilities. The budget provides a net $4.7  million General Fund backfill for the State Court Facilities Construction Fund (SCFCF) in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

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

Feb 23, 2026 - The medical Receivership has been in place for nearly 20 years, despite indications over that time period that it might be coming to an end. For example, 14 years ago, the Plata court, noting improvements in care, ordered the development of a plan for transitioning the responsibility back to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

Jun 12, 2025 - This made a two ‑year pilot program initially funded as part of the 2019 ‑20 budget package permanent and expanded it statewide. Such changes may have reduced the number of people detained in jail pretrial.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - DROS Special Account expenditures routinely exceeded revenues prior to 2019 ‑ 20 —resulting in the decline of the fund balance. To  help ensure sufficient revenues would be available to support BOF workload, Chapter  736 of 2019 (A B  1669 , Bonta) enabled DOJ to increase the DROS fee charged from $19 to $31.19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2023-24 Budget: May Revision Proposals Related to the California Model and San Quentin State Prison

May 19, 2023 - Various Undetermined Capital Outlay Projects ($20  Million General Fund). The Governor ’s January budget proposal included $20  million as a placeholder in CDCR ’s operational budget. The May Revision proposes to transfer these funds to CDCR ’s capital outlay budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4771

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The Governor has signaled interest in changing the state ’s reserve policy by: (1)  increasing the cap on BSA required deposits from 10  percent of General Fund taxes to 20  percent of General Fund taxes, and (2)  excluding the state ’s reserve deposits from the state appropriations limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 Budget: Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Testing Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - Specifically, law enforcement agencies were encouraged to submit SAE kits to a laboratory for testing within 20 days after it was booked into evidence and to ensure a rapi d turnaround DNA program is in place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4714