The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2025 - In this post, we provide an update and comments on the implementation of a new firearm and ammunition tax that went into effect beginning July 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4970

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - Figure 1 Distribution Priority for Excise Tax Revenue Funding Priority Order Maximum Annual Amount (In Millions) Department $75.0 BSCC California Violence Intervention and Prevention (CalVIP) Grant Program which provides competitive grants for violence prevention activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - This is due to the complex formula that dictates the order in which special funds receive criminal fine and fee revenue that is collected. Given the fund ’s priority order in this formula, it is not certain that it would receive the expected revenues as funds with a higher ‑priority order could receive the bulk of any additional revenue collected.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2023-24 Budget: Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Testing Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - Specifically, the Commission found that this statutory change imposed new state-mandated activities and costs on county and city law enforcement agencies —but not K-12 school district or community college district law enforcement agencies —in order for the time frames to be met.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4714

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Justice Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - However, certain counties and cities benefit significantly more than others. Specifically, while 12 counties and 8 cities currently use their own resources to support local criminal laboratories, 46  counties generally do not have to use any of their resources for criminal laboratory services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4527

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - These projects were categorized into five groups —and ranked within each group —in the following descending priority order: 18 immediate need projects ($2.3  billion), 29 critical need projects ($7.9  billion), 15 high need projects ($1.3  billion), 9 medium need projects ($1.6  billion), and 9 low need projects ($100  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Public Safety Package

Feb 17, 2022 - In another example, at least one California city has used GPS tracking devices in “bait ” cars in order to reduce motor ‑vehicle thefts. Accordingly, the Legislature could consider funding a pilot to test these  ideas.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

The 2023-24 Budget: Increased Federal Authority For State Crisis Intervention Program

Feb 22, 2023 - Pilot programs that measure impacts across multiple cities and counties within California could help the Legislature assess whether such programs are cost-effective and merit being expanded statewide if sufficient resources are available in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4697

State Correctional Spending Increased Despite Significant Population Reductions

Feb 4, 2020 - Specifically, the state: Leased and Staffed California City Correctional Facility. Chapter   310 o f 2013 (S B  105 , Steinberg) gave CDCR the authority to lease the California City Correctional Facility from a private entity and operate the facility with state staff (similar to state ‑owned prisons).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4145

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

Feb 22, 2024 - Since 2021, the administration has deactivated (1)  two state ‑owned prisons —the Deuel Vocational Institution (DVI) in Tracy and the California Correctional Center in Susanville, (2)  eight yards at various state ‑owned prisons, and (3)  the California City Correctional Facility —a leased prison that was operated by CDCR staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852