The 2022-23 Budget: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training

Jan 31, 2022 - The positions for the new division include 51 decertification staff, 20 certification staff, 14 legal staff, 16 intake and disposition staff, 4 support staff, and a Deputy Director position to oversee the new division.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4507

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - These five funds include: (1)  Dealers ’ Record of Sale (DROS) Special Account, (2)  Firearms Safety and Enforcement Special Fund, (3)  Firearm Safety Account, (4)  Ammunition Safety and Enforcement Special Fund, and (5)  Ammunition Vendors Special Account.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - Of this estimated cost, the state would be responsible for around $4  billion (74  percent). (The remaining amount would generally be the responsibility of counties that share space in court  facilities.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - These five funds include: (1)  Dealers ’ Record of Sale (DROS) Special Account, (2)  Firearms Safety and Enforcement Special Fund, (3)  Firearm Safety Account, (4)  Ammunition Safety and Enforcement Special Fund, and (5)  Ammunition Vendors Special Account.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2023-24 Budget: Racial and Identity Profiling Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - Such reporting was to be implemented in waves between 2019 and 2023. Specifically, state law required that such data first be reported by April 2019 from agencies employing 1,000 or more officers ( “Wave 1 ”), by April 2020 from agencies employing 667 to 1,000 officers ( “Wave 2 ”), by April 2022 from agencies employing 334 to 667 officers ( “Wave 3 ”), and by April 2023 from agencies employing less than 334 officers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4715

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - Both components of the Governor ’s proposed augmentation provide Judicial Council with complete discretion over (1)  what the funds are used for and (2)  how the funds are allocated to the trial courts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

Increasing Oversight of the State Litigation Deposit Fund

Jan 28, 2021 - Deposits were generally in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually over the past decade —but ranged significantly from $ 779  m illion in 2012 ‑ 13 t o $ 69  m illion in 2019 ‑20. As shown in Figure  2 , total LDF allocations also fluctuated over the past decade.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4322

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

May 17, 2021 - Major Spending Choices Figure  2 displays the major budgetary decisions that the Governor made in allocating state and federal money, totaling $85  billion. It includes (1)  the General Fund surplus, (2)  school and community college spending, (3)  the American Rescue Plan (ARP) fiscal relief funds, and (4)  ARP capital projects funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Justice Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Revenues are averaging around $2  million annually, while expenditures have ranged between $3  million to $4  million annually. (We note that it is unclear the specific impact, if any, the pandemic may have had upon ammunition transactions which would impact both revenues and expenditures.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4527

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

Jun 12, 2025 - These changes seek to reduce retail crime by (1)  increasing the authority for law enforcement to arrest and detain shoplifters, (2)  elevating retail theft from a misdemeanor to a felony in some cases, (3)  increasing term lengths for retail crime, and/or (4)  increasing capacity to detect and respond to retail crime.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055