The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - These risks could be higher for Black and Hispanic youths because they tend to be overrepresented in annual youth arrests. Unknown What Effects Legal Counsel at This Stage Has. In our review, we did not identify robust research on the effects of providing youths with legal counsel before the waiver of Miranda rights or interrogations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

Promoting Equity in the Parole Hearing Process

Jan 5, 2023 - For example, research done on a diverse, national sample of jury ‑eligible adults, found that they significantly associated Latino and Black men with danger and white men with safety. This is notable given that CDCR data indicate almost three ‑fourths of people who receive parole hearings are Hispanic or Black, as shown in Figure  2 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4658

The 2022-23 Budget: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training

Jan 31, 2022 - We recommend the Legislature direct POST to submit a revised proposal in the spring t hat addresses these concerns. Second, the Governor proposes one ‑time General Fund support to develop a law enforcement officer wellness program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4507

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Under this proposal, the tool would be implemented in an additional 10 c ourts in 2021 ‑22, 21 c ourts in 2022 ‑23, and the last 20 c ourts in 2023 ‑24. The Governor ’s budget proposes $4. 4  m illion in 2021 ‑22, declining to $2. 7  m illion annually beginning in 2024 ‑25, to support this expansion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362

Improving Parolee Substance Use Disorder Treatment Through Medi-Cal

Apr 14, 2021 - These regional contractors ( 1)  p ay local providers to deliver services to parolees through subcontracts, ( 2)  c onnect parolees with these providers, and ( 3)  c onduct oversight of the services provided to parolees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4411

Increasing Oversight of the State Litigation Deposit Fund

Jan 28, 2021 - For example, state law was adopted in 2020 t hat dictated the use of $ 331  m illion in National Mortgage Settlement litigation proceeds. Specifically, $ 300  m illion for housing counseling and mortgage assistance and $ 31  m illion for tenant defense in landlord ‑tenant disputes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4322

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

Feb 22, 2023 - Examples of funding conditions could include requiring that funding to local entities be distributed in a competitive manner to ensure the strongest ideas receive support or that courts, local entities, or community-based organizations are required to partner with one another through a joint application to ensure there is a high level of c oordination to achieve desired outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4697

Achieving the Goals of the SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Oct 10, 2023 - Counties with failure ‑to ‑prison rates more than 50 percent below the statewide average were eligible for high ‑performance grant awards. b Counties cannot receive both a tier grant and a high ‑performance grant, they choose one. c Tier 1 counties receive 45 percent of state savings they create.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4806

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - Authorizes DOJ to seek civil penalties for any violations and requires that any penalties, fees, and expenses recovered be deposited into the Consumer Privacy Fund, with the intent that they be used to fully offset c osts incurred by DOJ.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 26, 2022 - . $47.1 million General Fund in 2022-23, $76.3 million in 2023-24, and $40.4 million in 2024-25 to treat Hepatitis C patients. $10.6 million net increase to implement the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) Justice-Involved Initiative within CDCR.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625