The 2024-25 Budget: County Probation Grants to Support Temporary Increase in the Supervision Population

Feb 20, 2024 - Similar to previous augmentations, the proposed funding would be distributed among counties based on a schedule developed by the Department of Finance. Assessment Proposed Funding Likely Not Needed.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4849

The 2023-24 Budget: County Probation Grants to Support Temporary Increase in the Supervision Population

Feb 23, 2023 - Similar to previous augmentations, the proposed funding would be distributed among counties based on a schedule developed by the Department of Finance. Assessment Proposed Funding Likely Not Needed. Unlike the state prison and parole populations, the administration does not report projections of the statewide PRCS population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4703

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

Feb 23, 2026 - Staff have cited concerns about safety, air conditioning and heat, lack of privacy, and dilapidated or limited offices and treatment space, as well as a rigorous work schedule with few flexibilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Local bail schedules applied otherwise. However, judges retained the ability to deviate from the bail schedules. This change substantially increased the number of people who were immediately released from jail after being arrested.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

Promoting Equity in the Parole Hearing Process

Jan 5, 2023 - About six months prior to when a candidate is expected to receive a hearing, BPH staff schedule the hearing for a particular week. There were 8,722 parole hearings scheduled to occur in 2021. Assignment of Legal Counsel.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4658

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

Feb 17, 2022 - Local law enforcement agencies receiving grants would be requi red to provide a 10  percent match for any awarded state funds. According to the administration, the intent of these local gun buyback programs is to safely get guns off the street and dispose of them as well as promote awareness of gun and youth violence.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

The 2023-24 Budget: Racial and Identity Profiling Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - The Commission found that these new activities and costs resulted from agencies needing to (1)  identify the peace officers required to report stops and maintain a system to match individual officers to an identification number, (2)  collect the stop data, (3)  electronically submit data to DOJ and retain stop data, (4)  work with DOJ to audit and validate the data after
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4715

Overview and Update on the Prison Receivership

Nov 8, 2023 - (We note that one of these prisons has been deactivated and two are scheduled to be deactivated.) Figure 4 Prisons Delegated Back to State 2015
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4813

The 2023-24 Budget: Judicial Branch Budget Proposals

Feb 10, 2023 - The temporary funding of $15  million annually for ten years was first provided as part of the 2014 ‑15 budget package, which means that it is scheduled to expire at the end of  2023 ‑24. Additionally, the 2022 ‑23 budget included $15.4  million in ongoing General Fund support for trial court facility modification projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4673

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

Feb 22, 2024 - Results of these assessments and other considerations —such as people ’s interests and time before release —help CDCR staff match people to assignments, which fall into three general categories: Work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852