The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - First, Proposition  36 specified that selling drugs to a person who suffers a significant physical injury as a result of using the drug is a serious and violent crime. Second, the measure requires courts to warn people convicted of selling certain drugs that they could be charged with murder if they sell or provide illegal drugs that kill someone.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions [Publication Details]

Oct 16, 2025 - This post discusses features of the state's spending plan that were not covered elsewhere in the 2025-26 Spending Plan series.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5081

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Rejects Administration Proposal to Allow DCC to “Seal ” Certain Premises. The budget rejects a Governor ’s proposal to authorize DCC to seal (that is, secure and prevent entry) a building or premises occupied by an unlicensed person in connection with illicit commercial cannabis activity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - Figure  2 shows the recent and projected changes in the prison and parole populations. As shown in the figure, the prison population is projected to decrease by about 3,400 (4  percent) from 94,200 in 2023-24 to 90,900 in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

Evaluating the Sale-Leaseback Proposal: Should the State Sell Its Office Buildings? - Evaluating the Sale-Leaseback Proposal: Should the State Sell its Office Buildings? [Video]

Evaluating the Sale-Leaseback Proposal: Should the State Sell Its Office Buildings? - Evaluating the Sale-Leaseback Proposal: Should the State Sell its Office Buildings? [Video] To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Evaluating the Sale-Leaseback Proposal: Should the State Sell its Office Buildings?
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=64

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - This is because the cap established under the cap ‑and ‑trade program sets a limit on the amount of GHG emitted in the state. As such, the cap serves as a backstop to ensure that emission goals are met, regardless of the state ’s approach to greening its buildings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

Evaluating the Sale-Leaseback Proposal: Should the State Sell Its Office Buildings? [Publication Details]

Apr 27, 2010 - Evaluating the Sale-Leaseback Proposal: Should the State Sell Its Office Buildings? [Publication Details] Video Description: Recent legislation authorized the Department of General Services (DGS) to sell and then lease back 11 state-owned office properties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2261

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Deferred Maintenance [Publication Details]

May 15, 2018 - We further recommend that the Legislature seek information from the administration regarding causes of deferred maintenance at individual departments, as well as longer-term plans to prevent deferred maintenance from continuing to accumulate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3841

The 2020-21 Budget: Debt Service on Infrastructure Bonds

Nov 20, 2019 - We assume that the state gradually sells bonds that have been approved by voters or the Legislature. These bonds include most of the remaining unsold infrastructure bonds that voters approved in November 2018 for children ’s hospitals and housing programs, as well as bonds approved in earlier years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4118

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - Finally, we recommend that the Legislature continue to seek additional information from the administration on its strategy for state office space in Sacramento before approving funding for the construction of these projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758