The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget includes $12  million one-time Federal Trust Fund for grants to local governments (including schools and special districts, as well as federally recognized tribes) for the purpose of addressing cybersecurity risks and threats to information systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - In 2022 ‑23, the state provided districts a total of $37  million Proposition  98 General Fund for apportionments generated on behalf of CCC students incarcerated at state prisons. Incarcerated Students Typically Do Not Pay CCC Enrollment Fee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - The budget provides $101  million in new lease revenue bond authority for the construction phase of two projects —$89.5  million for the Sixth District Court of Appeal project and an additional $11.5  million for the Sonoma Santa Rosa Criminal Courthouse project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924