The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - These projects were categorized into five groups —and ranked within each group —in the following descending priority order: 18 immediate need projects ($2.3  billion), 29 critical need projects ($7.9  billion), 15 high need projects ($1.3  billion), 9 medium need projects ($1.6  billion), and 9 low need projects ($100  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

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

Oct 16, 2023 - To inform such potential future deactivation decisions, budget trailer legislation requires CDCR to report on various factors that impact its prison capacity needs, such as the amount of space needed to operate rehabilitation programs, by Nov ember 15, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Beginning in 2018, Chapter  681 of 2017 (SB  395, Lara) required that arrested youths age 15 and younger be provided a consultation with legal counsel before they may waive their Miranda rights or be interrogated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - The 2021 ‑22 budget included an ongoing $15  million General Fund augmentation to provide discretionary funding for the program. Additionally, the 2022 ‑23 budget included $45  million in one-time General Fund support for eviction-related matters ($30  million) and consumer debt-related issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic ($15  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

The 2023-24 Budget: Judicial Branch Budget Proposals

Feb 10, 2023 - This amount included $50  million in annual funding and $15  million in temporary funding. The temporary funding of $15  million annually for ten years was first provided as part of the 2014 ‑15 budget package, which means that it is scheduled to expire at the end of  2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4673

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - In fall 2019 (the year just before the pandemic), the gap in success rates between in ‑person and correspondence courses was 15  percentage points. The gap shrunk temporarily during the pandemic as success rates for in ‑person courses declined as a result of disruptions to in ‑person  programming.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

Achieving the Goals of the SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Oct 10, 2023 - As discussed earlier, Component 1 awards grants to counties based on a percentage of the county ’s highest payment between 2011 ‑12 and 2014 ‑15. There is little reason to think that the amount of savings counties are currently creating for the state through their probation practices is related to the grant amounts distributed between 2011 ‑12 and 2014 ‑15.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4806

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

May 17, 2021 - The majority of these one-time proposals ($15  billion) meet the definition of capital outlay for the purposes of the SAL and are excludable. Governor Proposes $15  Billion in Spending on Capital Outlay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

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

Feb 22, 2023 - However, California will likely be eligible to receive around half of the current amount —or about $15  million per year for three years —because future application periods will each only include one year of funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4697

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

May 17, 2021 - The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision $1,137 $465 Note: This reflects our best understanding as of May 15, 2021; however, we are still receiving information from the administration about these proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432/2