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

Oct 24, 2025 - .) $27.5  million one-time reversion —$14.2  million from 2023-24 and $13.3  million from 2024-25 —from eliminating a two-year pilot program required by Chapter  326 of 2022 (AB  1981, Lee) to study whether greater juror compensation and mileage reimbursement increase juror diversity and participation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways

Nov 7, 2024 - Specifically, we reviewed an academic study by Lee (2019), the most recent study UC Merced commissioned (2020), and the most recent study UCOP commissioned (2021). Findings from the Lee study suggest that UC Merced contributed to a 13  percent increase in jobs in the local services sector (with students and campus employees increasing demand for things like restaurants, haircuts, and health care).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2024-25 Budget: Sustainable Funding for the Department of Pesticide Regulation

Mar 5, 2024 - The  proposal does not provide resources to implement recently chaptered   legislation —such as for Chapter  662 of 2023 (A B  652 , Lee), which requires DPR to convene an environmental justice committee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4873

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

Oct 16, 2023 - Some of the notable augmentations include: $19  million General Fund in 2023-24 (decreasing to $4.2  million annually beginning in 2025-26) to implement Chapter  326 of 2022 (AB  1981, Lee) related to juror reimbursement and compensation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805

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https://lao.ca.gov/letters/2024/Letter-Umberg-Court-Reporters-030524.pdf

^[PDF] The 2016-17 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Budget

The 2016-17 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Budget M A C TAY L O R • L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T • J A N U A R Y 11 , 2 0 1 6 The 2016-17 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Budget 2016 -17 B U D G E T 2 Legislative Analyst’s Office www.lao.ca.gov Legislative Analyst’s Office Corrections, Transportation, and Environment Anthony Simbol Brian Brown Drew Soderborg Ashley Ames Ross Brown
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2016/3324/budget-overview-011116.pdf

^[PDF] The 2020-21 Budget: California’s Fiscal Outlook

Corrections, Transportation, and Environment Anthony Simbol Brian Brown Drew Soderborg Ross Brown Rachel Ehlers Frank Jimenez Helen Kerstein Luke Koushmaro Anita Lee Shawn Martin Caitlin O’Neil Jessica Peters Eunice Roh Health and Human Services Mark C .
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2019/4111/fiscal-outlook-112019.pdf

^[PDF] The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

This would focus resources on facilities with the most pressing unsafe conditions for current staff and court users. www.lao.ca.gov 2 0 2 5 - 2 6 B U D G E T 11 L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’ S O F F I C E 2 0 2 5 - 2 6 B U D G E T 12 LAO PUBLICATIONS This report was prepared by Anita Lee, and reviewed by Drew Soderborg and Ross Brown.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2025/4959/Judicial-Branch-Budget-021225.pdf

^[PDF] The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

The framework should provide clear explanations for how the identified workload should be funded, the calculation of appropriate fee levels and how such calculations were reached, recommendations for how frequently the fees should be adjusted and the process by which they should be adjusted, L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’ S O F F I C E 2 0 2 5 - 2 6 B U D G E T 12 LAO PUBLICATIONS This report was prepared by Anita Lee, and reviewed by Drew Soderborg and Ross Brown.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2025/4972/DOJ-Budget-021925.pdf

^[PDF] The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

This effect is uncertain, however, and would not occur until the end of the outlook period. analysis full L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’ S O F F I C E 2 0 2 6 - 2 7 B U D G E T 16 LAO PUBLICATIONS This report was prepared by Karina Hendren, Will Owens, Min Lee, Ryan Woolsey, and Jason Constantouros, and reviewed by Mark C.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2025/5092/26-27-Medi-Cal-Outlook-111925.pdf