The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - This includes (1) $43  million (decreasing to $36  million annually in 2022 ‑23) to increase and standardize staffing levels within the Psychiatric Inpatient Program, (2) $4  million (increasing to $12  million annually by 2023 ‑24) to improve quality management and patient safety, and (3) $4  million for telepsychiatry supervision staffing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460

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

May 17, 2021 - Put another way, $12  billion  of spending in the May Revision is attributable to reserve withdrawals and borrowing from 2020 (see Figure  7). Figure 7 Governor Still Uses Budget Solutions Despite Historic Revenue Growth Budget Solutions From 2020 Maintained in 2021 May Revision (In Billions) Reserve Withdrawals Make Budget Stabilization Account withdrawal $7.8 Make Safety Net Reserve withdrawal 0.5
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2023-24 Budget: Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Testing Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - Additionally, 12 counties and 8 cities operate and fund their own laboratories and conduct such testing. ( We note that local agencies also contract with private or other governmental laboratories for services.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4714

The 2023-24 Budget: Racial and Identity Profiling Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - Specifically, the Commission found that this requirement imposed new state-mandated activities and costs on county and city government agencies employing law enforcement officers for police protection services —but not K-12 school districts or community college districts that employ law enforcement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4715

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

Jan 10, 2021 - A few of these proposals —like academic support for K-12 students and emergency financial aid for community college students —overlap with recent federal action. While a number of proposals increase funding to existing state programs, others are mostly new, like those related to promoting sustainable agriculture.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - To the extent the Legislature is interested in providing more lower ‑income individuals with access to the tool and its ability ‑to ‑pay component, we recommend the Legislature only provide $12. 3  m illion (the amount requested for 2021 ‑2 2) i n order to support the proposed expansion of the tool to ten additional courts in the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362

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

Jun 12, 2025 - About half of this decline occurred between 2019 and 2020, suggesting that factors such as temporary stay ‑at ‑home orders and closure of nonessential retail businesses in the early part of the COVID ‑19 pandemic likely contributed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

Achieving the Goals of the SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Oct 10, 2023 - However, as we discuss later, this formula was only used in 2011 ‑12 and 2012 ‑13. The first payments made under the original S B  678 formula were in 2011 ‑12 and based on how counties performed in 2010.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4806

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - Since 2021 ‑22, the construction or renovation of 12  of the highest ranked immediate need projects have commenced. Some Facility Modification Projects Supported by General Fund. In addition to construction projects, the judicial branch manages smaller facility modification projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - The Commission estimates that the initial state cost of claims from local governments related to the mandate between the second half of 2020-21 and 2021-22 could range between $37,000 and $1.2  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910