The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - 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/5113

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

Oct 24, 2025 - The budget also provides $15  million General Fund in 2025-26 —available for expenditure through June 2028 —in recognition of potential increased workload, such as from the implementation of Proposition  36.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

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

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

Jun 12, 2025 - The Governor ’s proposed budget for 2025 ‑26 includes $10.5 million from the General Fund (growing to $15 million in 2026‑27 and ongoing) to support these task forces. Grants to Local Law Enforcement and Prosecutors to Combat Organized Retail Theft.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

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

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 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

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

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