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 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

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Internet and Wi ‑Fi Connectivity. The state provides $5  million ongoing funding for students to have access to Wi ‑Fi in common areas of a prison, such as day rooms, dining halls, gyms, libraries, and classrooms.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Feb 16, 2023 - People housed in higher ‑security yards live in cells, while people housed in lower ‑security yards generally live in open  dormitories. Health Care Treatment. Health care needs can affect which prisons people are housed in.
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 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 23, 2026 - Beginning in April 2023, fines accrued for each of five key classifications (psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, recreational therapists, and medical assistants) that did not achieve a 90 percent fill rate .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - The threat to the health and safety of both people living in prisons and working in prisons resulted in the administration implementing a number of personnel policies related to staff testing for the virus, mask wearing, and vaccination.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

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

Feb 8, 2022 - The NIDA Quick Screen consists of a series of scored questions about prior substance use. The total points accrued indicate whether a treatment plan needs to be developed to address an inmate’s need.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4517

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

Jan 13, 2025 - For example, constitutionally required debt payments are $1.1 billion lower under the administration’s estimates and the administration scores a higher entering fund balance—largely due to over $1 billion in additional revenue accruals—in 2023‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951