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

Feb 23, 2026 - For example, the California Department of Health Care Access and Information in 2022 estimated that there would be a shortage of psychiatrists and behavioral health providers in all 58 California counties by 2025, with 27 prisons located in counties experiencing high or severe shortages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

Improving Parolee Substance Use Disorder Treatment Through Medi-Cal

Apr 14, 2021 - Roughly 95  p ercent of parolees live in these counties. Referral and Placement Into Parolee SUDT Programs In this section, we describe how parolees are referred and placed into SUDT services in the community, which depends on a variety of factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4411

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - …Reflects Regions With Much Higher Wages and Cost of Living Than Where Correctional Officers Work. Wages and the cost of living vary significantly across the state. As Figure  5 shows, the six counties in the study have average wages that are somewhat higher than the statewide average and far above average wages in the six
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - If people in other states were allowed to provide tele ‑mental health services in California prisons, the state might be able to attract qualified candidates living in lower ‑cost ‑of ‑living areas with higher pay, while still allowing them to maintain their residency in other states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - The new courthouse would provide a benefit to people in San Joaquin County by improving court access for those living in Tracy and shifting workload from other courthouses back to Tracy, which could reduce wait times for services in other parts of the county.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - In addition, it proposes $47.6  million one ‑time General Fund for the continuation of the following construction projects: $18.1  million reappropriation of funds for the performance criteria phase of the New Fresno Courthouse project, which had been delayed due to an extended site selection process. $14.1  million for the construction phase of projects to build out two courtrooms to accommodate
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - People seeking self-help center services generally are lower-income and cannot afford the services of an attorney to address issues that may have significant impacts on their lives —such as divorce, child custody, domestic violence, eviction, and guardianship issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

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

Jan 13, 2025 - We understand that while the administration indicates it will provide this payment in the future—after the final calculation of the minimum funding requirement—it also has not scored this future obligation in its multiyear budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Promoting Equity in the Parole Hearing Process

Jan 5, 2023 - We note research on other criminal justice risk assessments that, like the CRA, involve substantial subjectivity has found that administering psychologists tend to assign higher risk scores if they believe they are working for the prosecution as opposed to the defense in a given  case.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4658

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

Oct 24, 2025 - This includes $50  million for fire and life safety system projects at the Orange County Central Justice Center and the San Diego East County Regional Center and $7.2  million for lactation room projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085