The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - Modify Proposed Budget Bill Language Authorizing Transfer of Unrestricted TCTF Monies to General Fund. We recommend the Legislature modify the proposed budget bill language authorizing the transfer of unrestricted TCTF fund balance monies to the General Fund in two key ways to increase legislative oversight.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - State law also authorizes DOJ to administratively increase some of these fees to account for inflation as long as the fee does not exceed DOJ ’s regulatory and enforcement costs. State law authorizes revenues deposited into each of these special funds to be used for various purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

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

Feb 19, 2025 - Chapter  231 authorized a $2.4  million General Fund loan to CDTFA, which was supposed to be prioritized for repayment with the new excise tax revenues. It also required CDTFA ’s administrative costs be addressed first prior to any other allocations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor's Proposals for CDCR Operations [Publication Details]

Feb 8, 2022 - This publication provides our assessment and recommendations on the Governor’s 2022-23 budget proposals related to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4517

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor's Proposals for CDCR Operations

Feb 8, 2022 - California Prison Industry Authority (CalPIA) Janitorial Expansion Background CalPIA Provides Goods and Services to State Departments. CalPIA is a semiautonomous state agency that provides work assignments and vocational training in a range of career fields to inmate workers and is funded primarily through the sale of the goods and services produced by these inmate workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4517

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 9, 2024 - DOF notified the Legislature of its intent to authorize the full $400  million loan in January 2024. Governor ’s Proposal Additional Up to $100  Million Loan From LDF to General Fund. The Governor ’s 2024-25 budget proposes budget provisional language allowing DOF to authorize an additional, up to $100  million no-interest loan from the LDF to the General Fund subject to 30-day legislative notification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4831

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 16, 2023 - In addition to the amounts above, the budget also includes $153  million in new lease revenue bond authority. Judicial Council. The budget package includes various augmentations for Judicial Council.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805

Overview and Update on the Prison Receivership

Nov 8, 2023 - To do so, the federal court suspended the authority of the Secretary of CDCR for prison medical care and provided the Receiver with executive authority in hiring and firing medical staff, entering contracts with community providers, and acquiring and disposing of property.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4813

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - This is because youths can lack the capacity to weigh the long-term consequences of waiving their rights and may do so as a matter of compliance with authority. In addition, research suggests that youths are at risk for involuntary and false confessions in interrogations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

The 2023-24 Budget: Increased Federal Authority For State Crisis Intervention Program

Feb 22, 2023 - The 2023-24 Budget: Increased Federal Authority For State Crisis Intervention Program The 2023-24 Budget Increased Federal Authority For State Crisis Intervention Program In this post, we analyze the Governor ’s budget proposal to provide increased federal spending authority to the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) in order to allow the receipt of federal grant monies that were recently made available to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4697