The 2023-24 Budget: Racial and Identity Profiling Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - Given the state ’s interest in ensuring that law enforcement officers do not engage in racial and identity profiling and addressing it when they do, we recommend funding this mandate. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4715

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

Feb 23, 2026 - Add Support Staff and Equipment to Expand Tele ‑Mental Health. The Governor ’s proposal includes $8.9  million General Fund in the budget year, growing to $13.5  million in 2027 ‑28 and declining to $12.8  million in 2028 ‑29 and ongoing to add support staff and equipment to facilitate the conversion of the on ‑site positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - These costs would come primarily from buying equipment and having sufficient on site medical assistants. CDCR, in coordination with CalHR, may need to use pay differentials for those who work inside prisons so that such providers have an incentive to remain on site.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - If the fee levels are lower than current or projected costs, the Legislature would be better equipped to assess (1)  how much of this workload needs to be supported from the General Fund at the cost of other budget priorities or (2)  whether the cost of the workload needs to be reduced —such as through statutory or other changes —to avoid such budgetary trade-offs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Justice Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Proposition   63 (2016) and Chapter   55 of 2016 (S B   1235 ,  De  Le ón). Proposition   63 —as amended by Chapter   55 —implemented various state laws related to the regulation of firearms and ammunition.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4527

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 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Public Safety Package

Feb 17, 2022 - As such, providing additional funding to UCFC could help address this gap by generating research that could be used by the state to de termine how best to address firearm violence, injury, or other related issues effectively in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - In other words, these projects do not necessarily undergo the same review as the new construction projects. For exa mple, some of these projects may not go through formal review by Department of Finance (DOF) staff that focus on capital outlay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

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

Oct 24, 2025 - (These totals —and those reported below —do not reflect a portion of the adjustments related to Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12 of the 2024-25 and 2025-26 budgets, which aimed to identify and implement efficiencies across nearly all state entities to produce ongoing budgetary savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

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

Jun 12, 2025 - In doing so, Proposition  47 changed how these crimes are handled at certain key stages of the justice system. This is because law enforcement generally has more limited authority to arrest people for misdemeanors than felonies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055