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

Apr 11, 2025 - Because carrying out the steps above will take time, we recommend, for at least two years, providing the maintenance payment as proposed by the Governor, with the simple modifications we describe in the next section.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This represents a net decrease of $63  million (22  percent) compared to estimated 2024-25 spending, due largely to a year-to-year reduction in federal funding for the AmeriCorps program and the phasing out of some limited-term General Fund augmentations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Feb 25, 2025 - These officers lead a team, including medical and mental health staff, to develop individualized plans to support out ‑of ‑cell time and engagement in positive activities while ensuring safety. Peer Support Specialist Programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Specifically, we recommend the Chancellor ’s Office be required to report: the number of incarcerated FTE students served, broken out by instructional modality; course success rates, also broken out by instructional modality; term ‑to ‑term persistence rates; share of first ‑year cohorts that pass college ‑level math and English; and program completion rates (such as earning an associate degree or certificate).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Feb 26, 2025 - Similarly, the estimate appears to include all admissions for the lower level theft crimes affected by Proposition  47. However, Proposition  36 only affects a subset of those cases, such as by allowing multiple acts of misdemeanor theft to be prosecuted as a felony if the combined dollar amount exceeds $950.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991