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

Feb 23, 2026 - As shown in Figure  1, these estimates represent a $13  million (14  percent) and a 501 person (13  percent) decline relative to the 2023-24 savings, the year before Proposition  36 took effect. These declines primarily reflect the administration ’s estimate of the impact of Proposition  36 —which went into effect halfway through 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5108

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - Chapter  231 provides flexibility for CDE to use its share of GVPSS monies to contract with other entities or to provide grants directly to school districts to enhance school safety. The 2024-25 budget package required CDE to set aside up to $35  million of its 2025-26 GVPSS allocation for providing youth behavioral health training to staff who work directly with students in grades 7 through 12.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Savings Proposals Generates $1.6 Billion School and Community College Settle‑Up Obligation in 2024‑25. The Governor’s budget proposes providing $1.6 billion less in total funding for schools and community colleges than the estimated constitutional minimum funding level for 2024‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 24, 2025 - This is a decrease of $569  million, or 3  percent, below the revised 2024-25 level. This decline is largely due to reductions in General Fund spending in 2025-26, such as those made to address the state ’s budget problem, as well as the expiration of limited-term funding provided in previous years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch $152 2.8% Trial Courts Report $405   Million in Reserves at End of 2024 ‑25. Trial courts have a limited ability to keep and carry over any unspent funds (also known as “reserves ”) from one fiscal year to the next.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - In contrast, the 2024-25 budget package included $16.2  million in 2024-25 (decreasing to $11.9  million annually in 2028-29) —mostly from the General Fund —for the implementation of five pieces of enacted legislation and the continuation of FITSM.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

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

Feb 22, 2024 - Prison and Parole Population Projected to Decrease in 2024 ‑25. As shown in Figure  2 , the average daily prison population is projected to be 91,700 in 2024 ‑25, a decrease of about 2,500  people (3  percent) from the estimated current ‑year level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852

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

Feb 23, 2026 - Seeking a Current ‑Year Augmentation. On May 19, 2025, the administration notified the Legislature that CDCR was projected to exceed its 2024 ‑25 budget by about $358  million and requested reappropriations of previously unspent funds from prior years to address this shortfall.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - Administration and Judicial Branch Already Implementing 2024 ‑25 Funding Restoration... The administration and judicial branch are already in the process of implementing the restoration of $42  million in trial court operations funding in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - We define a delay as an expenditure reduction that occurs in the budget window (2021 ‑22 through 2023 ‑24), but has an associated expenditure increase in a future year of the multiyear window (2024 ‑25 through 2026 ‑27).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662