The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - The 2018 ‑19 budget included $1.3  billion in lease revenue bond authority backed by the General Fund —rather than the SCFCF —to finance ten previously planned projects. This commitment effectively backfilled the $1.4  billion transferred from the SCFCF to the General Fund to help address the state ’s budget condition between 2009 ‑10 and 2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - The 2018 ‑19 budget included $3.2  million General Fund in 2018 ‑19, declining to $709,000 annually beginning in 2020 ‑21, to construct and maintain this web portal. County Law Libraries. To address declines in the amount of civil filing fee revenues available to support county law libraries, four budgets have included one-time General Fund assistance to help maintain service levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Beginning in 2018, Chapter  681 of 2017 (SB  395, Lara) required that arrested youths age 15 and younger be provided a consultation with legal counsel before they may waive their Miranda rights or be interrogated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

Assessing the Provision of Criminal Indigent Defense

Sep 22, 2022 - Specifically, spending on district attorney offices was nearly $50 per person in 2018 ‑ 19 —an increase of about $12 per person (or 32  percent) from 2009 ‑10. In contrast, spending on indigent defense was about $27 per person in 2018 ‑ 19 —an increase of about $4 per person (or 20  percent) from 2009 ‑10.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4623

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - In 2018 ‑19, the state adopted a new apportionments funding model for community colleges, which placed more emphasis on students achieving positive outcomes and somewhat less emphasis on enrollment.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - LAO Assessment 2018 Compensation Study Disagree That 2018 Compensation Study Is Confidential Under CPRA. We disagree with the administration ’s assertion that the 2018 compensation study and all information related to it are confidential under the CPRA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Potential Impacts of Recent State Asset Forfeiture Changes

Jan 6, 2020 - However, the trend in the value of assets seized and the amount distributed diverged in 2018. Specifically, as shown in Figure  7, the value of assets seized in state cases increased by 13  p ercent between 2017 and 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4128

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - For example, the 2018 ‑ 19 b udget also included $3. 2  m illion General Fund in 2018 ‑19, declining to $709,000 annually beginning in 2020 ‑21, for the judicial branch to design, build, and maintain an e ‑services web portal for self ‑represented individuals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - In addition, the budget includes $37.6  million General Fund (decreasing to $2.1  million annually in 2022 ‑23) to install and operate fixed video surveillance cameras at four additional prisons, which the department expects will help provide objective evidence related to allegations of staff misconduct in addition to other operational benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460

Achieving the Goals of the SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Oct 10, 2023 - Notably, the Santa Cruz County Probation Department partnered with Results First between 2014 and 2018 and was able to calculate estimated savings of the different programs it could offer to people on supervision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4806