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

Feb 23, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47 Estimated State Savings From Proposition  47 Background Proposition  47 (2014) Reduced Punishment for Certain Lower-Level Drug and Property Crimes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5108

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Specifically, the number of people incarcerated in either state prison or county jail declined by about 14,000 (7  percent) between 2014 and 2015 and by about 44,000  (22  percent) between 2019 and 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

Achieving the Goals of the SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Oct 10, 2023 - As discussed earlier, Component 1 awards grants to counties based on a percentage of the county ’s highest payment between 2011 ‑12 and 2014 ‑15. There is little reason to think that the amount of savings counties are currently creating for the state through their probation practices is related to the grant amounts distributed between 2011 ‑12 and 2014 ‑15.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4806

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - In 2014, the state approved Chapter  695 (S B  1391 , Hancock), which opened the way for districts to provide in ‑person instruction at state prisons by allowing them to receive regular state funding for closed ‑to ‑the ‑public courses offered to incarcerated people.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Feb 8, 2022 - The scope and funding of the HFM program has expanded since 2014 ‑15 (such as due to the construction of new health care facilities). The 2021 ‑22 budget includes $59  million to support CDCR ’s contract with CalPIA for the HFM program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4517

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - For example, because it was a priority for the Attorney General at the time, DOJ established the Bureau of Children ’s Justice in 2014 ‑ 15 —to focus on legal workload related to children (such as school discrimination) —using one ‑time settlement revenues and existing positions redirected from the Public Rights Division.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Compared with the time of the last compensation study, the share of state correctional officer positions that are vacant has decreased from 14.5  percent in January 2014 to 12.1  percent in January 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

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

Feb 17, 2022 - We note that public concerns have been raised about the quality of reported shoplifting data, primarily due to retailers not reporting shoplifting due to a sense that individuals will not be sufficiently held accountable as a result of Proposition  47 (2014), which generally reduced the punishment for shoplifting.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Proposition  2 (2014) established the Proposition  98 Reserve and set forth rules requiring deposits and withdrawals under certain conditions. Generally, the state is required to deposit Proposition  98 funding into the account when revenue from capital gains is relatively strong and the minimum guarantee is growing faster than per capita personal income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492