Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Licensing restrictions limit the number of people that can work as mental health providers in California prisons. Generally, to become a mental health provider in California, a person must obtain a California license.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

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

Feb 23, 2026 - Specifically, we recommend that the Legislature adopt budget bill language requiring CDCR to report by January 10, 2029 the following data for 2026 ‑27 and 2027 ‑28 for each collective bargaining unit representing its employees: (1)  the number of hours and associated dollar value of compensable leave cashed out by existing employees through leave buy ‑back programs (programs in
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - As shown in Figure  3, DROS Special Account revenues often fluctuate from year to year, generally reflecting changes in fee levels and the number of firearms sold. DROS Special Account expenditures routinely exceeded revenues prior to 2019-20 —resulting in the decline of the fund balance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - Figure 3 Status of Trial Court Construction Projects Beginning  in 2019 ‑20 a Priority Group Estimated Project Costs (in Billions) Number Initiated
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2023-24 Budget: Racial and Identity Profiling Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - Additionally, future ongoing workload and costs will vary by local government depending on various factors —such as total number of officers employed by each agency, the number of stops conducted, and data collection and other technology systems being used to collect and report the data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4715

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Furthermore, an unusually large number of law enforcement agencies —whose jurisdictions include roughly 10  percent of the state population —did not report crime numbers for some or all of 2023. (For example, San Bernardino Sheriff ’s Department did not report crime data for seven months of 2023.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - However, 46 counties and a number of cities rely almost exclusively on the state for these services, which in turn costs the state tens of millions of dollars annually. Many Users Lack Incentive to Use BFS Services Cost ‑Effectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Specifically, the law prohibits—except in specified emergency situations—male correctional officers from (1) conducting a pat down search of females in custody, (2) entering an area inside the prison where females may be in a state of undress, or (3) being in an area where they can view females in custody in a state of undress.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - For example, the number of interrogations may fluctuate based on local policing decisions or changes in the number of youth arrests. Furthermore, statewide costs could be affected by other factors that remain uncertain, such as ch anges in the number of counties that choose to file reimbursable claims and the extent to which counties include law enforcement or indirect costs in their claims.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

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

Feb 22, 2024 - Assuming that each person uses roughly the same number of calling minutes per month, the decline in the population will reduce the total number of minutes used. Accordingly, by not accounting for this population decline, the Governor ’s budget likely over estimates the number of calling minutes and associated funding that will be used in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852