The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - Judicial Branch The budget provides $5.2  billion for the judicial branch in 2024- 25 —a net decrease of $85  million (2  percent) from the revised 2023-24 level. This includes $3  billion from the General Fund and $499  million from the counties, with most of the remaining balance from fine, penalty, and court fee revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - Net Increase in Budget ‑Year Funding Adjustments. The budget proposes a net increase of $81  million in adjustments in 2025 ‑26. Similar to the current ‑year, this net increase is primarily due to both a higher total prison population and an increase in the portion of the population with high health care needs relative to what was assumed in the 2024 ‑25 Budget Act .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - This is particularly problematic since the program would no longer be structured in a way to ensure it generates net state savings. Minimum Guarantee Disconnects Actual State Savings From Performance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Of these positions, the control section directs DOF to identify positions proposed for elimination that had been authorized to implement legislation passed in 2022 and 2023. DOF identified 116.5 positions that fall into this category.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - Assuming a bond carries a 5  percent interest rate, the total cost of paying the debt over a 30-year period is close to $2 for each $1 borrowed —$1 for repaying the amount borrowed and close to $1 for interest.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 26, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47 Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47 $94,773,000 Decline Relative to 2023 ‑24 — Percent Decline Relative to 2023 ‑24 — Estimated Prison Population Reduction Attributable to Proposition 47 3,796 Percent Decline Relative to 2023 ‑24 — ‑81% ‑88% a Estimated savings amount was
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons Life Without the Possibility of Parole and Death Penalty Sentences 8 6 a Data on CCC students incarcerated at CDCR are from the spring 2023 term, whereas the data on the overall CDCR population is a snapshot from October 31, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913