The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - Accordingly, we recommend the Legislature direct the judicial branch to report at budget hearings on its process for making midyear budget adjustments and how it will ensure the Legislature has had the opportunity to weigh in on  them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

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

Feb 19, 2025 - This is because Chapter  231 makes these registration certificates an additional requirement to be licensed by DOJ to sell firearms and ammunition. Accordingly, revocation of a registration certificate would make a business unable to sell firearms or ammunition in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Moreover, specific budgetary conditions occurring this year —including legislative action taken last year to withdraw more in reserves this year —make interpretation of the budget position more complex.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - The budget package specifically directed DOJ to consider an option that would require sharing costs with local agencies that make use of BFS services based on the specific type of forensic services sought, the speed of the service, the size of the agency, and any other factors DOJ chooses to include.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - In particular, state law directs our office to report on the annual state costs for new mandates and make recommendations to the Legislature as to whether the new mandates should be repealed, funded, suspended, or modified.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - We envision an approach that assigns priority for courses to new students who have less than five years left on their sentences and continuing students making good progress toward their first degree.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons [Publication Details]

Jul 1, 2024 - Due to legislation enacted a decade ago, the availability of postsecondary courses at state prisons has expanded significantly. In this report, we focus on California Community College programs at state prisons. After providing background on these programs, we cover trends in student outcomes and explain how these programs are funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4913

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

Feb 20, 2024 - The Governor “makes room ” for this (and other) proposed new spending by making reductions to funds committed for other programs. Our office has therefore recommended that the Legislature apply a higher bar to its review of new spending proposals such as this proposal than it might in a year in which the General Fund had more capacity to support new commitments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4849

The 2023-24 Budget: May Revision Proposals Related to the California Model and San Quentin State Prison

May 19, 2023 - As such, it does not make sense to construct facilities before the Legislature can confirm it is comfortable with the cost of operating them. Proposed Project Completion by 2025 Is Unnecessary and Problematic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4771

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - In both types of plans, employers and employees might make contributions towards the plan over the course of employees ’ careers. The primary difference between the two plans is (1)  who makes investment decisions and (2)  who bears the risk of investment losses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800