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

Feb 26, 2025 - However, the flaws we identify above are conceptual problems that can be improved through reasonable assumptions in areas where actual data is lacking. We will continue to monitor Proposition  36 implementation and the prison population and make recommendations based on the updated information available at the May Revision, including the administration ’s revised estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

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

Feb 25, 2025 - CDCR reports that, currently, a lack of MHCBs in Southern California forces it to transfer some people in Southern California prisons to Central and Northern California prisons where more MHCBs are available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Incarcerated students may use Pell Grants to cover tuition, textbooks and other course materials, supplies and equipment (such as to buy or rent a personal computer), and costs to obtain a certification or other first professional credential.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - Emitters must obtain a sufficient number of allowances —either through a state ‑run auction or on the private market —to cover their emissions. As a result, the overall level of emissions cannot exceed the cap.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor ’s budget provides $ 31  m illion from the General Fund in 2019 ‑ 20 —to be expended over a few years —to backfill wildfire ‑related property tax loses for cities, counties, and special districts associated with certain major wildfires that have occurred since 2015.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

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

May 15, 2018 - Maintaining the state ’s flood infrastructure is critical because levees in poor conditions (partially due to damage from the severe storms of 2016) pose a significant risk to health and safety should they fail, and the state holds liability for any damage that occurs as a result of poorly maintained levees in most of the Central Valley, where this funding is proposed to be used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

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

Feb 12, 2016 - For example, energy efficiency projects identified as deferred maintenance needs by some departments such as the Office of Emergency Services and the Department of Veterans Affairs might be able to be funded by cap –and –trade auction revenues or various state revolving fund programs (where project costs are recouped over time through the project ’s energy savings).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3353

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Where feasible, we also provide our initial assessment of these proposals and issues for legislative consideration. Schools and Community Colleges After Providing Cost ‑of ‑Living Adjustment (COLA), Package Dedicates Most Available Funding to One ‑Time Purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

Feb 9, 2016 - However, there is little information provided on which buildings would be renovated versus replaced, what order projects would occur, or where existing staff would be located during renovations. Figure  6 provides a summary of the limited information the administration provided regarding the sequencing of projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3347