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

Feb 27, 2023 - The 2023-24 Budget: Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Testing Mandate The 2023-24 Budget Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Testing Mandate Constitution Requires the State to Reimburse Local Governments for Mandated Activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4714

The 2023-24 Budget: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 16, 2023 - The Governor proposes a net decrease of $28.6  million in 2022 ‑23 and $51  million in 2023 ‑24 for ISUDTP. These changes are the net effect of (1)  various population ‑driven adjustments based on existing methodologies and (2)  a proposed increase in funding for toxicology testing based on a newly proposed methodology.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4686

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - In contrast, counties and cities that use their own resources to support their labs —or those that decide they want to pay a private laboratory for testing —have a greater incentive to carefully prioritize what evidence should be tested and how quickly it should be done.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2024-25 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 22, 2024 - CDCR arrived at this estimate by adding the average expenditures on testing for staff between April 2023 and September 2023 and the prison population between April 2023 and August 2023 and assuming that the department would continue spending at that monthly rate in 2024‑25 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 16, 2023 - This net increase results from a $39.8  million General Fund increase offset by a $12.1  million reduction in federal reimbursement authority. $16.2  million ongoing General Fund to increase the number of toxicology tests per patient receiving medication assisted treatment through the Integrated Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program from ten tests per year to 14 per year. $15  million ongoing General Fund to maintain the Employee Health Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805

The 2023-24 Budget: Increased Federal Authority For State Crisis Intervention Program

Feb 22, 2023 - The Legislature could consider using the funding to test new programs or activities, in order to determine their cost-effectiveness and whether they merit consideration for state funding in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4697

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Justice Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Recommendations Require Local Governments to Partially Support BFS Beginning in 2023 ‑24. Given the substantial benefit that local agencies receive from BFS services, we recommend the Legislature require local governments to partially support BFS beginning in 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4527

The 2023-24 Budget: Judicial Branch Budget Proposals

Feb 10, 2023 - Actual Implementation Data Important for Determining Appropriate Funding Levels After 2023 ‑24. When implementing a new program like the CARE Program, it can make sense to test implementation on a small group first.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4673

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - In contrast, such a test that generated outcomes that were not effective or did not meet legislative expectations or priorities would demonstrate that ongoing funding was not merited. However, this flexibility can make it difficult to monitor how resources provided to support DOJ ’s legal workload are used over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701

The 2026-27 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 23, 2026 - Figure 1 Administration Projects Decrease in Proposition 47 Savings Due to Proposition 36 2023 ‑24
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5108