Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Utilization standards would establish the amount of time that rooms and “stations ” (such as a desk or computer terminal) should be used. Having these standards and utilization reports would not only help guide decisions about the amount of classroom space needed but would also help assess the need for other rehabilitation space at a systemwide level and at particular prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Feb 25, 2025 - CDCR sought the project in order to (1)  replace 34 unlicensed MHCBs at CIM with licensed beds and (2)  reduce the amount of time it takes to transfer people in Southern California prisons to MHCBs by adding 16 MHCBs in the region.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

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

Apr 11, 2025 - The proposed formula has three different payments: (1)  a performance payment, (2)  a maintenance payment, and (3)  a minimum guarantee payment. These payments would determine each county ’s total SB  678 grant award.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - Department of Justice The budget provides $1.3  billion for the Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2024- 25 —a decrease of $10  million (1  percent) from the revised 2023-24 level. This amount includes $504  million from the General Fund —a net decrease of $14  million (3  percent) from the revised 2023-24 amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47 [Publication Details]

Feb 26, 2025 - In this post, we assess the administration’s estimate of the level of spending required by Proposition 47 (2014), which reduced punishment for various crimes and requires the resulting state savings be spent on certain grant programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4991

The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 26, 2025 - However, based on discussions, it is our understanding that the administration used the number of people that were admitted to prison for drug possession and certain lower level theft crimes in 2013-14, the year before Proposition  47 reduced prison admissions for these crimes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance

Feb 8, 2019 - These lists are important for the Legislature to have in order to assess whether the specific proposed projects are consistent with its priorities —such as projects that prevent future costs or address fire, life, and safety issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/3929

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - Specifically, Chapter  359 of 2020 (AB  3330, Calderon) increases fees and authorizes potential future fee increases for the Acupuncture Board, Board of Behavioral Sciences, and the Podiatric Medical Board.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - The small but growing number of ZNE projects in operation nationally have shown that achieving ZNE for state and non ‑state buildings is technologically feasible. However, ZNE has not yet gained broad adoption, likely in part because there is limited information demonstrating that it can be done cost ‑effectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

The 2016-17 Budget: Review of UC’s Merced Campus Expansion Proposal

Feb 10, 2016 - UC asserts this partnership will provide the following benefits: (1) faster delivery of the project ’s facilities, (2) construction and maintenance savings, (3) the transfer of certain construction –related risks onto the private entity, and (4) increased budgetary certainty for the maintenance of the facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349