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

Feb 25, 2025 - Since 2017, the state has approved a total of $141.1  million ($7.5  million General Fund and $133.6  million lease revenue bond authority) to construct a 50 ‑bed mental health crisis facility at CIM.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Until a new formula is operative, we recommend the Legislature require the Chancellor ’s Office to report certain data by October 1 each year on the incarcerated students whom community colleges serve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - This consists of (1) $77  million (growing to $132  million in 2025-26) from the previously planned deactivation of Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in Blythe, (2) $82  million from the deactivation of 42 housing units across 11 state prisons, and (3) $10  million (growing to $11  million in 2025-26) related to reduced administrative costs resulting from these and previous deactivations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

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

Feb 28, 2023 - Assuming a bond carries a 5  percent interest rate, the total cost of paying the debt over a 30-year period is close to $2 for each $1 borrowed —$1 for repaying the amount borrowed and close to $1 for interest.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation [Publication Details]

Feb 25, 2025 - This brief provides our analysis of the Governor’s 2025-26 budget proposals related to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4986

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

Feb 26, 2025 - The department then assumed that the same number of people would again be admitted to state prison under Proposition  36 and would remain in state prison for 11 months on average. In other words, the administration assumes that Proposition  36 will essentially reverse Proposition  47.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

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

Apr 11, 2025 - The proposed formula has three different payments: (1)  a performance payment, (2)  a maintenance payment, and (3)  a minimum guarantee payment. These payments would determine each county ’s total SB  678 grant award.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - Additionally, Chapter  359 increases the fees paid by certain DCA licensees to support CURES from $6 to $11 for a two-year period —April 1, 2021 through April 2, 2023. After this period, the fee for each licensee would be $9 on an ongoing basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - In addition, under the rules of Proposition  2 (2014), the Governor ’s budget includes $ 2  b illion General Fund in constitutionally required debt payments. The Governor allocates this amount among three uses: ( 1)  c ontinuing to implement the state ’s plan to prefund retiree health benefits, ( 2)  r epaying a 2017 ‑ 18 l oan
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2020 - Update 1/24/20: Adjusted Judicial Branch items in Appendix Figure 1 to reflect ongoing spending. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4135