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

Jan 13, 2025 - As such, if the Legislature wishes to have substantively more reserves available when responding to downturns or other emergencies, we would recommend also changing the formulas that set aside funds each year to increase how much is saved.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Do the Benefits Outweigh the Costs? As the Legislature gathers answers to the above questions —such as through commissioning studies or engaging in dialogue with practitioners and stakeholders —some sense of the magnitude of benefits, costs and any unintended consequences should start to emerge.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Because providers delivering tele ‑mental health services do not have to be physically present at a prison, this means that some of the concerns that accompany being on ‑site are addressed. For example, people working remotely likely do not face the same level of safety concerns that workers on site may experience when walking through a prison and interacting with various incarcerated people.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

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

Feb 23, 2026 - Because providers delivering tele ‑mental health services do not have to be physically present at a prison, this means that some of the concerns that accompany being on ‑site are mitigated. For example, people working remotely likely do not face the same level of safety concerns, can have more privacy, and do not need to work in dilapidated facilities that may lack air conditioning.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - The state has two avenues available to do so: Constitutional Requirements. The administration ’s interpretation and assumptions result in large constitutionally required reserve deposits and debt repayments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - The state is permitted to use the fiscal relief funds: (1)  to respond to the public health emergency or negative economic impacts associated with the emergency; (2)  to support essential work; (3)  to backfill a reduction in revenue that has occurred since 2018 ‑19; or (4)  for water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

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

Overview and Update on the Prison Receivership

Nov 8, 2023 - In contrast, ISUDTP is designed to transform SUD treatment from being structured as a rehabilitation program intended to reduce recidivism into a medical program intended to reduce SUD ‑related deaths, emergencies, and hospitalizations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4813

The 2022-23 Budget: Monitoring Correctional System Staff Misconduct Investigations

Feb 9, 2022 - Under the Governor ’s proposal, OIG would do the following: Monitor 30   Percent of Regular Grievances Received by CST ($1.7   Million). Under the proposal, OIG would receive resources to monitor about 30  percent of the estimated 147,500 regular grievances reviewed by CST.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4520

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