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

Jan 31, 2022 - Lastly, the revised proposal should include a plan for addressing the implementation challenges we have identified, such as how POST will hire sufficient staff and house them in its existing office space to implement S B  2 in a  timely manner.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4507

The 2012–13 Budget: Refocusing CDCR After The 2011 Realignment [Publication Details]

Feb 23, 2012 - This report identifies the impacts of the realignment of adult offenders on CDCR's operations and facility needs, discusses whether realignment will enable the state to meet the prison population limit required by the federal court, as well as whether the change in the makeup of CDCR's inmate population following realignment will affect its housing, mental health, and medical facility needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2575

California's Criminal Justice System: A Primer (2013) [Publication Details]

Jan 17, 2013 - Most notably, in 2011, the state shifted--or "realigned"--responsibility to house and supervise tens of thousands of adult felons from the state to local governments. Major policy changes such as the 2011 realignment, as well as others, are likely to raise numerous questions from policymakers, practitioners, and the public regarding those policies' impacts on public safety and costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2682

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Justice Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - We note that such a fee increase would require 55  percent approval by each house in the Legislature as well as the Governor ’s  signature. The Legislature has various options when considering the fee increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4527

The 2012-13 Budget: Completing Juvenile Justice Realignment [Publication Details]

Feb 15, 2012 - Specifically, we recommend developing a funding approach that promotes innovation and efficiency, establishing a transition plan for DJJ, providing state oversight and technical assistance through the newly created Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC), taking measures to reduce the number of juveniles tried in adult court, and requiring counties to house minors tried in adult court until age 18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2562

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Other Issues)

Jun 19, 2015 - Consistent with statute that was adopted as part of the 2014‑15 budget, 60  percent of cap-and-trade auction revenue in 2015‑16 will be continuously appropriated to high-speed rail (25  percent), affordable housing and sustainable communities (20  percent), transit and intercity rail capital (10  percent), and low carbon transit operations (5  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3278

A Review of the California Youth Authority’s Infrastructure [Publication Details]

May 24, 2004 - A Review of the California Youth Authority’s Infrastructure [Publication Details] A Review of the California Youth Authority’s Infrastructure Format: HTML Description: The California Youth Authority is confronted with various challenges that call for a fresh examination of its facility needs: (1) an aging infrastructure with housing-related and other deficiencies; (2) demands for
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1185

Increasing Oversight of the State Litigation Deposit Fund

Jan 28, 2021 - Specifically, $ 300  m illion for housing counseling and mortgage assistance and $ 31  m illion for tenant defense in landlord ‑tenant disputes. LDF Litigation Proceeds Deposited in LDF Absent Specific State Laws.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4322

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor's Proposals for CDCR Operations

Feb 8, 2022 - (According to the department, these resources are no longer needed in the Contract Bed Unit due to the recent removal of the remaining inmates housed in contract facilities.) This  redirection would result in a total of $3.7  million and 26.6 positions in additional resources available for redaction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4517

The 2017‑18 Budget: Implementation of Proposition 57

Apr 6, 2017 - To comply with the prison population cap, the state took a number of actions, including (1) housing inmates in contracted facilities, (2) constructing additional prison capacity, and (3) reducing the inmate population through several policy changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3648