Overview

Spending by Major Program

Major Budget Changes

Crosscutting Issues

• Linking Mentally Ill Offenders To Community Care
• Background
• The Governor's Budget Proposals
• Department of Corrections: Improved Care and Supervision of Mentally Ill Parolees
• Department of Mental Health: Expansion of Mentally Ill Homeless Program
• Next Steps: Developing a Comprehensive Strategy
• Legislative Oversight
• Departments Fail to Comply With Reporting Requirements

Departmental Issues

• Department of Corrections (5240)

• Budget Proposal
• Overview of the Inmate Population
• Who Is in Prison?
• Inmate and Parole Population Management Issues
• Major Shift in Projections of Inmate Population Growth
• Caseload Funding Requires Further Adjustment
• Inmate Housing Plan Already Obsolete
• Inmate and Parole Programs
• Budget Plan Implements Program Expansions
• Additional Steps Warranted to Reform Adult Parole System
• Correctional Medical Care
• Department Not Fully Using Managed Care to Hold Down Medical Costs
• Correctional Administration
• Audits Show Need to Overhaul Poor CDC Personnel Management Practices
• Various Proposals Need Modification
• Board of Prison Terms (5440)
• Process Without Possibility of Parole: Hearings for Life-Term Inmates
• Department of the Youth Authority (5460)
• Ward Population
• Who Is in the Youth Authority?
• Ward and Parolee Populations Relatively Flat
• Ward and Parolee Population Projections Will Be Updated in May
• Budget Issues
• Expansion of Basic Peace Officers Academy Relies on Training Standards
• Effectiveness of Ombudsperson Depends on Complaint Procedures
• Office of the Inspector General (0552)
• Fast-Growing Office Overbudgeted
• Commission on Correctional Peace Officers' Standards and Training (5480)
• Report on CDC Training Overdue
• Audit Needed of On-the-Job Training Efforts
• Trial Court Funding (0450)
• Next Steps in Trial Court Funding
• Clarification Needed on Undesignated Court-Related Fees
• Mechanism Needed for Funding Trial Court Salary Increases
• Fiscal Analysis Needed of Employee Task Force Recommendations Prior to Enactment of Legislation
• Budget Issues
• Judicial Salary Increase Raises Broader Policy Issues
• Funds to Increase Juror Compensation Should Be Used to Test Other Reforms of Jury System
• Uncertainty About Costs of Elder Protective Orders
• Judicial (0250)
• Salary Funding and Adjustments Not Justified
• Salary Increase for Appellate Justices
• Equipment Replacement Should Not Be Included in Base Budget
• Department of Justice (0820)
• Budget Proposal
• Additional Funding Would Increase DNA Database Effectiveness
• Violence Suppression Program Augmentation Not Justified
• DOJ Agents for High Technology Crime Program Not Justified
• Continuation of Unsolved Homicide Pilot Program Not Justified
• No Basis for Augmentation for Rent Increases
• Office of Criminal Justice Planning (8100)
• Local Law Enforcement Grants Not Justified
• Funding for DARE Program Not Justified
• Full Funding for Grant Programs Not Justified
• Capacity to Recruit Evaluation Staff Is Uncertain