The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - In contrast, counties and cities that use their own resources to support their labs —or those that decide they want to pay a private laboratory for testing —have a greater incentive to carefully prioritize what evidence should be tested and how quickly it should be done.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - Requires DOJ make such reports publicly available on its website. Authorizes DOJ and select city attorneys to seek civil penalties. For DOJ actions, pena lty revenues are split equally between the state General Fund and the county in which the judgment was entered.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - Accordingly, we recommend the Legislature direct the judicial branch to report at budget hearings on its process for making midyear budget adjustments and how it will ensure the Legislature has had the opportunity to weigh in on  them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

The 2023-24 Budget: Racial and Identity Profiling Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - Specifically, the Commission found that this requirement imposed new state-mandated activities and costs on county and city government agencies employing law enforcement officers for police protection services —but not K-12 school districts or community college districts that employ law enforcement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4715

A Review of State Standards and Inspections for Local Detention Facilities

Feb 16, 2021 - Later in this report, we discuss the extent to which the current program is alig ned to these goals and make recommendations for how BSCC membership and the standards and inspection program could be restructured to better align with them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4371

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Moreover, specific budgetary conditions occurring this year —including legislative action taken last year to withdraw more in reserves this year —make interpretation of the budget position more complex.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Public Safety Package

Feb 17, 2022 - To  the extent the Legislature would like to further reduce the number of armed and prohibited persons, it could provide additional funding to the Gun Violence Reduction Program and make other law enforcement agencies (such as city police) eligible for grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Justice Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - In contrast, counties and cities that use their own resources to support their labs —or those that decide they want to pay a private laboratory for testing —have greater incentive to carefully prioritize what evidence should be tested and how quickly it should be done.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4527

Improving California’s Criminal Fine and Fee System

Jan 5, 2016 - For example, cities have complete control on how they use the share of their fine and fee revenue that is deposited into their General Funds and are not required to report to the Legislature on how such monies are used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3322

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - This is because Chapter  231 makes these registration certificates an additional requirement to be licensed by DOJ to sell firearms and ammunition. Accordingly, revocation of a registration certificate would make a business unable to sell firearms or ammunition in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970