The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

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Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Figure  6 shows that success rates are consistently lower for students in correspondence courses. In fall 2019 (the year just before the pandemic), the gap in success rates between in ‑person and correspondence courses was 15  percentage points.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2020-21 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 18, 2020 - These technologies would include a secure online portal where students could access and download academic materials and video conferencing equipment that would potentially be used to allow instructors to teach more students than would be possible in a traditional classroom environment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4164

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

Jun 12, 2025 - This is particularly relevant to the regulation of online market places to prevent the sale of stolen goods. This is a relatively new area of regulation and one that is likely continuing to evolve as new online platforms or criminal strategies for utilizing existing o nes emerge.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 24, 2025 - Local Grant Funding ($6  Million). The budget also includes $6  million General Fund in 2025-26 for DOJ to provide $2  million grants to the San Francisco City Attorney Office, Santa Clara County Counsel Office, and Los Angeles County Counsel Office for similar work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - As of November 2020, six courts offered the online ability ‑to ‑pay component of the pilot tool. A seventh court began offering this component in January 2021. The judicial branch reports that a total of nearly 11, 000 r equests were submitted (with nearly 77  p ercent approved) by 6, 865 l itigants between April 2019 and October 2020 across five out of six courts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

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

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The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 23, 2026 - Goal 6 Create Mechanisms to Demonstrate Remedies Selected Actions Partner with external expert to assess feasibility of seeking accreditation. CDCR = California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137