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

Feb 25, 2025 - The proposal includes $3  million in 2025 ‑26 (growing to $6.2  million in by 2027 ‑28) to support the operation of the new learning center. At full implementation, this would include 24.8 custody positions, 8 plant operations positions, 5 information technology positions, 2 librarian positions, and 1 position to support community engagement (such as by processing security clearances for volunteers to enter the prison).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - Department of Justice The budget provides $1.3  billion for the Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2024- 25 —a decrease of $10  million (1  percent) from the revised 2023-24 level. This amount includes $504  million from the General Fund —a net decrease of $14  million (3  percent) from the revised 2023-24 amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - CDCR  employs technology support staff primarily to (1)  manage and maintain the technology infrastructure at state prisons or (2)  serve as liaisons between the colleges and students. In these roles, technology support staff help coordinate and troubleshoot technology ‑related issues throughout the prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This is a net increase of $5  million (3  percent) over the revised 2024-25 level. (This does not reflect some adjustments related to Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12 of the 2024-25 and 2025-26 budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - We recommend making three changes to the Governor ’s proposed methodology: (1)  use the marginal costs to incarcerate someone in state prison and supervise someone on state parole, (2)  adjust the formula to account for the fact that not everyone is released to parole, and (3)  adjust for the average amount of time people spend in prison and parole.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 26, 2025 - We will continue to monitor Proposition  36 implementation and the prison population and make recommendations based on the updated information available at the May Revision, including the administration ’s revised estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - Importantly, without this level of detail, whether t he fund has sufficient capacity to support the debt service is unclear. If there is insufficient budget capacity, then approving the bonds could force the state to reduce programmatic activities supported by the fund and/or increase the taxes or fees supporting the fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709