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

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - Governor ’s Proposal The Governor ’s budget proposes $20.4  million General Fund in 2026-27 (decreasing to $259,000 ongoing beginning in 2029-30) to support DOJ firearm workload. This includes the three proposals described below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - The cost of increasing tele ‑mental health to the maximum level allowed would be unlikely to exceed $30  million in annual ongoing costs in addition to funding for the Governor ’s proposed 2026 ‑27 tele ‑mental health expansion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

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

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Under this formula, the maximum income replacement ratio a retiree may receive is 90 percent of their final compensation (defined as compensation over a 12-month period) after attaining 30 years of service credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - As  shown in Figure  6 , the proposed funding would support 11 budget proposals —including eight related to workload resulting from recently enacted  legislation. Figure 6 Summary of Governor ’s Firearm Workload Proposals Workload
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 9, 2024 - This is a decrease of $31  million (or 6  percent) from the revised 2023-24 General Fund amount. The proposed budget would provide DOJ with a total of about 5,900 positions in 2024-25, roughly the same as the revised 2023-24 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4831

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

Oct 16, 2023 - This is a decrease of $1.2  billion, or 6  percent, below the revised 2022-23 spending level. A large portion of this reduction is due to the expiration of limited-term funding provided in previous years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - The 2018 ‑ 19 b udget provided $19. 1  m illion General Fund annually for three years to supplement $11. 2  m illion in existing support from the TCTF ($6. 2  m illion) and IMF ($ 5  m illion). This increased the total annual direct funding for self ‑help centers to $30. 3  m illion through 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362

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

Feb 22, 2024 - Figure  6 shows CDCR ’s reported number of new confirmed cases each month. As shown in the figure, new confirmed COVID ‑19 cases have declined over time and the spikes in new cases observed annually in the months of December and January have also decreased in magnitude.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852