Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - The components are: (1)  a  base allocation linked to enrollment (about 70  percent of formula funding),  (2)  a supplemental allocation linked to low ‑income student counts (about 20  percent of formula funding), and (3)  a student success allocation linked to specified student outcomes (about 10  percent of formula funding).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - According to 2023 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, California is the highest paying state for psychologists with the average hourly wage at $64 per hour, whereas psychologists nationwide earned a median of $53 per hour (21  percent less).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

Improving In-Prison Rehabilitation Programs

Dec 6, 2017 - While this data provides some limited information on the programs, our review indicates that CDCR lacks key performance measures —such as participation rates for all state ‑funded rehabilitation programs, length of participation before release, progress measurements, and time needed to meet specified benchmarks —to assess the delivery of rehabilitative services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3720

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The Legislature, however, might consider more targeted initiatives linked with specific goals. For example, it could link any one ‑time workforce funding to helping with a transition to a new child care reimbursement rate system and/or higher minimum program standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2026-27 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 23, 2026 - DOF then modifies these estimates based on updated data as part of the May Revision. Some Provisions in Proposition  36 (2024) Reduce the State Savings Attributable to Proposition  47. Proposition  36, approved by the voters in November 2024, increased punishment for various drug and theft crimes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5108

Assessing the Provision of Criminal Indigent Defense

Sep 22, 2022 - The lack of statewide, comprehensive, and comparable data, however, makes it di fficult to fully assess these  claims. On the one hand, some assert that district attorney offices require more resources because they must determine whether or not individuals should be charged (and at what level) and must engage in various activities to demonstrate that defendants should be convicted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4623

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

Feb 23, 2026 - However, the department did not provide data demonstrating that there is unaddressed workload that medical assistants would be needed for. This suggests that the one ‑to ‑one ratios are likely overbudgeting the tele ‑mental health program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

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

Feb 19, 2025 - This is because they are based on one quarter of preliminary data for 2024-25. These data, along with certain assumptions, are then used to estimate revenues in 2024-25 and 2025-26. Revised data for that quarter and new data for additional quarters will be available in the coming months, which will better refine the estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

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

Jun 12, 2025 - (For example, San Bernardino Sheriff ’s Department did not report crime data for seven months of 2023.) Accordingly, crime data may understate the actual increase in retail theft that occurred in 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

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

Oct 24, 2025 - Figure 3 Summary of Total CARE Program Funding General Fund (In Millions) Training, Data Collection, and Other Activities 20.2 $91.4 $100.8 CARE = Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment; CalHHS = California Health and Human Services Agency; and DHCS = Department of Health Care Services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085