The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - As  shown in Figure  3 , the amount of criminal fine and fee revenue deposited into the DNA Identification Fund has steadily declined from a peak of $69  million in 2013 ‑14 to $38  million in 2023 ‑24 (a decline of 45  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 9, 2024 - Of the total amount proposed for DOJ operations in 2024-25, $487  million (or 38  percent) is from the General Fund. This is a decrease of $31  million (or 6  percent) from the revised 2023-24 General Fund amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4831

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 Initial Comments on the Governor ’s May Revision Key Takeaways We Estimate the State Has a $38  Billion Surplus to Allocate. We estimate the state has $38  billion in discretionary state funds to allocate in the 2021 ‑22 budget process, an estimate that is different than the Governor ’s figure —$76  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2024-25 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 22, 2024 - Governor’s Proposal $38  Million Ongoing for COVID ‑19 Health Care Costs. The Governor’s budget proposes $38 million ongoing General Fund for CDCR COVID‑19 health care costs including testing, vaccination, staffing, treatment, and personal protective equipment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852

Judicial Branch Actions Responding to COVID-19

May 6, 2020 - Governor ’s Executive Order N-38 ‑20. On March  27, 2020, the Governor issued an executive order suspending any state laws that restrict the ability of Judicial Council or the Chief Justice to authorize, issue, or amend emergency orders or emergency Rules of Court in order to (1)  maintain safe and orderly court operations and (2)  modify court processes and procedures in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4227

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

Oct 16, 2023 - For example, it removes the sunset date for various civil filing fees —estimated to generate $38  million annually —used to support trial court operations. In addition, the budget provides $134.3  million General Fund ($105.1  million one time) in 2023-24 to backfill various declines in fine and fee revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805

The 2020-21 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 18, 2020 - At the time, the total cost of these projects was $38. 6  m illion and the projects were expected to be completed by November 2022. However, the administration has discontinued one of these project as well as parts of others, including five subprojects to construct MDRs for EOP units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4164

The 2023-24 Budget: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 16, 2023 - This brief provides our analysis of the Governor’s 2023-24 budget proposals related to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4686

The 2017-18 Budget: Federal Receiver for Inmate Medical Services

Mar 3, 2017 - The Receiver is projecting that over $31  million will be spent on suicide watch in 2016-17 —reflecting an average annual increase of 38  percent since 2013-14. As suicide watch workload increased, the Receiver indicates that a greater proportion of suicide watch workload had to be completed using higher-cost staff, including correctional officers, registered nurses, and physicians.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3601

The 2019-20 Budget: Reorganization of the Division of Juvenile Justice

Apr 10, 2019 - As of December 2018, DJJ housed 38 i ndividuals who were tried in adult court. Overview of DJJ As previously mentioned, DJJ is currently a division within CDCR. The 2018 ‑ 19 b udget provided a total of $198. 5  m illion (primarily from the General Fund) for DJJ —an average of roughly $300, 000 p er youth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3998