The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The Governor ’s budget revenue upgrade, while somewhat higher than ours, is reasonable in light of the recent collection trends. That being said, we continue to be concerned that recent gains are on shaky ground.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - The Legislature a lso could evaluate most, if not all, of the Governor ’s one-time proposals (beyond the facility proposals) in light of the new federal relief package, which has funding for the same purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2024-25 Budget: County Probation Grants to Support Temporary Increase in the Supervision Population

Feb 20, 2024 - In light of these concerns, the state has provided a series of one-time augmentations associated with Proposition  57 —totaling $121  million from 2017 ‑18 through 2023 ‑24 —to the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) to distribute to probation departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4849

The 2023-24 Budget: County Probation Grants to Support Temporary Increase in the Supervision Population

Feb 23, 2023 - In light of these concerns, the state has provided a series of one-time augmentations associated with Proposition  57 —totaling $111  million from 2017 ‑18 through 2022 ‑23 —to the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) to distribute to probation departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4703

Judicial Branch Actions Responding to COVID-19

May 6, 2020 - 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 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 23, 2026 - In exercising its oversight over the prison mental health budget, the Legislature should look for ways to achieve the Receiver ’s goals cost ‑effectively, particularly in light of the multiyear deficits facing the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - This is especially true in light of recent program roll ‑outs. Specifically, these new proposals would be in addition to the more than 20 workforce items funded as part  of  the  2021 ‑22 budget. LAO Comment: How Do the Proposals Work Together to Meet Clear Goals?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2022-23 Budget: Judicial Branch Proposals

Feb 3, 2022 - In particular, the Legislature could provide so me, or all, of the requested funding to address pandemic ‑related impacts in 2022 ‑23 in order to minimize impacts (such as backlogs or delays) on courts users statewide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4513

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - These amounts are shown in light blue in Figure  4 . Small Operating Surpluses Under Governor ’s Plan and Estimates. In the previous section we used the term surplus to describe the amount available to allocate in the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 22, 2020 - In light of the budget condition, the administration withdrew these proposals in May and replaced them with a new proposal —which was included in the final budget —for $25  million General Fund one time in 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22 for projects to modernize trial court operations that would be selected by Judicial Council.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4288