The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - Similarly, while most of the remaining projects on the 2019 list have not been reassessed, the costs of projects in other parts of the state are likely increasing. For example, the 2019 assessment estimated the new Fresno Courthouse project would cost $483  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - 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 (AB  1669, Bonta) enabled DOJ to increase the DROS fee charged from $19 to $31.19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

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

Feb 23, 2026 - CDCR indicates that it is attempting to achieve temporary cost savings through a variety of actions, including limiting travel, training, and overtime where possible, as well as not filling vacant positions as fast as it otherwise would.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Staff at the prison have indicated that this improves the prison ’s ability to deliver care, increases morale, and makes the prison a more desirable place  to  work. Eliminating Excess Inpatient Bed Capacity Excess Inpatient Capacity Means CDCR Trying to Fill More Vacancies and Spending More Than Necessary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - Assessment Proposed Project Generally Reasonable … The selection of the new Tracy courthouse is generally reasonable as it is the next project in line to be funded when following the judicial branch ’s 2019 ranked list of facility project needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Specifically, the number of people incarcerated in either state prison or county jail declined by about 14,000 (7  percent) between 2014 and 2015 and by about 44,000  (22  percent) between 2019 and 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The California State Bar: Assessment of Proposed Disciplinary Case Processing Standards

Jan 6, 2023 - As noted above, we previously indicated in 2019 that increased legislative oversight could be beneficial. One  such option to consider is including the State Bar in the annual state budget process to increase legislative oversight by leveraging the expertise of the budgetary committees to evaluate State Bar funding requests in a manner similar to other state departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4655

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Public Safety Package

Feb 17, 2022 - As shown in Figure  4 , total firearm ‑related deaths increased from 2,925 deaths in 2019 to 3,428  deaths in 2020 —an increase of 503 deaths (or  17  percent). Of  this amount, homicide firearm deaths increased from 1,246  deaths in 2019 to 1,731  deaths in 2020 —an increase of 485  deaths (or 39  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - As we said in 2019 when we reviewed the Unit 6 MOU submitted for ratification that year, CDCR might need to recruit additional women correctional officers to work in its women’s prisons to maintain compliance with Section 2644. 2019 MOU Established Working Group to Develop Recruitment Strategies for Female Staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor's Proposals for CDCR Operations

Feb 8, 2022 - Integrated Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program (ISUDTP) Expansion Background ISUDTP Established in 2019‑20. The 2019‑20 Budget Act provided $71 million from the General Fund and 280 positions (increasing to $165 million and 431 position in 2021‑22 and ongoing) for CDCR to implement ISUDTP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4517