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

Apr 11, 2025 - Figure  2 provides an example of how a county grant award would be calculated. New Methodology for Calculating State Savings Per Person Diverted. The Governor ’s proposed formula includes a new methodology for calculating the amount the state is estimated to save for each person diverted from state prison and parole.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Agreements Shift General Fund Costs From Retiree Health Prefunding to Pension Liabilities. Proposition  2 (2014) requires the state to spend a specified amount of money (determined through a budgetary formula) each year towards eligible liabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Feb 25, 2025 - For example, of the roughly 30,000  people released from prison annually, roughly half spend around a year or less in prison. A  clear theory of action would articulate how the California Model would better serve this large group with short stays and what specific outcomes we might logically expect to see as  a result.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - We did not hear the same level of challenges from colleges that provide instruction via correspondence education. Several Colleges Are Piloting Online Models That Appear Promising. With the recent distribution of laptops to students, community colleges and CDCR have an opportunity to rethink how instruction is delivered to students from a distance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions [Publication Details]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5081

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - One advantage of bonds is that they can better align who pays for the project with who benefits from the project. Since capital outlay projects will provide benefits for many years, future taxpayers would pay for the future bene fits (through debt service payments) rather than current taxpayers paying for the entire project (through cash financing).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

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

Feb 26, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47 Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47 $94,773,000 Decline Relative to 2023 ‑24 — Percent Decline Relative to 2023 ‑24 — Estimated Prison Population Reduction Attributable to Proposition 47 3,796 Percent Decline Relative to 2023 ‑24 — ‑81% ‑88% a Estimated savings amount was transferred to the
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - Judicial Branch The budget provides $5.2  billion for the judicial branch in 2024- 25 —a net decrease of $85  million (2  percent) from the revised 2023-24 level. This includes $3  billion from the General Fund and $499  million from the counties, with most of the remaining balance from fine, penalty, and court fee revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924