Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - This is because both agencies already need to collect much of the specified data for other purposes. For example, CDCR already knows which prison spaces it uses for rehabilitative purposes and how much time is scheduled for each rehabilitative program in that  space.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Apr 11, 2025 - The marginal cost better captures how much the state saves when one fewer person enters prison, such as savings on food, clothing, and medical care. In contrast, the average cost includes cost s that often are only saved when entire facilities are closed, such as facility or correctional staffing costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor's State Office Building Proposal

Feb 9, 2016 - Third, we recommend that the Legislature determine its preferred approach for funding these projects — pay –as –you –go or borrowing —and how much funding to allocate to address the state ’s infrastructure demands both in 2016 –17 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3347

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

Feb 25, 2025 - For example, how would people at other prisons learn of the benefits of SQRC? What are the intermediate positive steps and institutional responses that would mark someone ’s pathway to SQRC? How Would the Administration ’s Vision Be Implemented?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2016-17 Budget: Governor’s General Fund Deferred Maintenance Proposal

Feb 12, 2016 - To the extent that changes in backlogs represent actual differences in accumulated needs since last year, they can provide useful information on how much departments ’ current maintenance programs are affecting backlogs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3353

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Specifically, we recommend the Legislature set enrollment expectations for each segment, decide how much to provide for graduation and other core student support initiatives, and determine how much to provide for compensation increases and other operating costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds

Jan 3, 2017 - For example, much of the Proposition  1C housing bonds that remain are for the Housing-Related Parks Program. This program was delayed in part because it was not fully defined in statute until 2008 and was subsequently revised in 2012 to improve its operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3519

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons [Publication Details]

Jul 1, 2024 - Due to legislation enacted a decade ago, the availability of postsecondary courses at state prisons has expanded significantly. In this report, we focus on California Community College programs at state prisons. After providing background on these programs, we cover trends in student outcomes and explain how these programs are funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4913

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Deferred Maintenance

May 15, 2018 - Second, the proposed JLBC process provides the Legislature with much less time to review proposed projects than the traditional budget process and is less transparent to the public. For this reason, the JLBC process is typically reserved for minor, midyear changes to the budget rather than for the initial identification of projects proposed for funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - Because the administration has not provided a funding plan that identifies the cost of the strategy, it is not clear how much it will cost to complete. However, if we assume the costs of future renovation projects will be similar on a square footage basis to these projects, we estimate the full cost of the plan will be about $3.4  billion, as shown in Figure  2.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758