The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This amount includes $10  million for Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup security costs, $10  million for Family Justice Centers, and $8  million to the City of Los Angeles for fire engine purchases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Feb 25, 2025 - Most people in prison with a mental health need can be treated in an outpatient setting, meaning they live in a prison housing unit and receive regular mental health treatment but do not require 24‑hour care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

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

Apr 11, 2025 - The maintenance payment ($103.7  million) reflects a roughly $20.1  million reduction (16  percent) from the amount counties received in 2023-24 when the formula was placed on hold. In 2023-24, each county received their highest SB  678 grant award from the prior three fiscal years (2018-19, 2019-20, or 2020-21) due to concerns that grant awards would fluctuate for reasons unrelated to performance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Some faculty do not feel comfortable or do not want to work inside a prison. In addition, many prisons are in rural areas of the state with relatively small pools of individuals who are qualified to teach postsecondary courses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - (The budget totals reported here and below do not reflect the plan to reduce General Fund state operations spending by up to 7.95  percent on an ongoing basis statewide beginning in 2024-25. For more on this planned reduction, please see the “State Operations and Employee Compensation” write-up in our Other Provisions post.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

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

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

Feb 28, 2023 - The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects $255 $40 a Cash for Redding courthouse ($54.1 million), El Centro courthouse ($18.2 million), Sacramento courthouse ($17 million), and Richards Boulevard Complex ($402 million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709