The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - Most people in prison with a mental health need can be treated in an outpatient setting, meaning they live in a prison housing unit and receive regular mental health treatment but do not require 24‑hour care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions 90 $6,314.1 For a variety of reasons, we do not reflect certain capital outlay projects in the figure or linked table. Specifically, to avoid double counting previously provided funds or because specific data are not available, we do not include projects for which funding is: (1)  continuously appropriated,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Some faculty do not feel comfortable or do not want to work inside a prison. In addition, many prisons are in rural areas of the state with relatively small pools of individuals who are qualified to teach postsecondary courses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - As a result, the maintenance payment do es not support the original goals of the program. Growth Adjustment Not Tied to Actual Growth in County Costs and Would Have Less Oversight. We also find that the maintenance payment ’s growth adjustment is problematic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—State Project Infrastructure Fund

May 14, 2018 - (As noted above, the Governor proposed funding the working drawings phase for this project in his January budget for 2018 ‑19.) LAO Assessment Reasonable to Set Aside Funding for Priority Projects, and Projects Appear Reasonable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3840

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Do existing programs exhibit duplication or a lack of coordination? Would the new structure improve accountability? How would the reorganization affect public understanding of government? Is the proposed rebranding aligned with the nature of the work done by the department or agency?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - We note that there could be some exceptions that would justify doing a project that is not cost ‑effective based on the information included in a typical cost ‑benefit analysis. For example, it might make sense to fund a demonstration project that is designed to evaluate whether a new technology works effectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - (The budget totals reported here and below do not reflect the plan to reduce General Fund state operations spending by up to 7.95  percent on an ongoing basis statewide beginning in 2024-25. For more on this planned reduction, please see the “State Operations and Employee Compensation” write-up in our Other Provisions post.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance

Feb 8, 2019 - For example, some departments have included projects as deferred maintenance that are not traditionally considered as such —for example, energy and water efficiency upgrades and code compliance work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3929

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - The DIR oversees the state ’s workers ’ compensation system, which compensates individuals for work-related injuries and covers the costs for treatment of those injuries. An individual who becomes injured (and receives workers ’ compensation benefits for that injury) may later return to work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101