The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - DROS Special Account expenditures routinely exceeded revenues prior to 2019 ‑ 20 —resulting in the decline of the fund balance. To  help ensure sufficient revenues would be available to support BOF workload, Chapter  736 of 2019 (A B  1669 , Bonta) enabled DOJ to increase the DROS fee charged from $19 to $31.19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - Assessment Proposed Project Generally Reasonable … The selection of the new Tracy courthouse is generally reasonable as it is the next project in line to be funded when following the judicial branch ’s 2019 ranked list of facility project needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

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

Jan 13, 2025 - (On a technical basis, under the administration ’s estimates, we estimate the balance of the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties [SFEU] would be about $3  billion before the Governor ’s proposals.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Feb 19, 2025 - Subject to Legislative Appropriation $50.0 CDE Program or activities (such as physical security improvements and school ‑based mental health services) addressing risk factors for gun violence affecting K ‑12 students. 3 15.0 JC Court ‑based firearm relinquishment grant program to facilitate removal of firearms and ammunition from individuals who become prohibited from owning or
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

The 2023-24 Budget: Racial and Identity Profiling Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - Such reporting was to be implemented in waves between 2019 and 2023. Specifically, state law required that such data first be reported by April 2019 from agencies employing 1,000 or more officers ( “Wave 1 ”), by April 2020 from agencies employing 667 to 1,000 officers ( “Wave 2 ”), by April 2022 from agencies employing 334 to 667 officers ( “Wave 3 ”), and by April 2023 from agencies employing less than 334 officers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4715

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 22, 2020 - Department of Justice (DOJ) The budget provides $753  million for support of DOJ in 2020 ‑21 —an increase of $11  million (or 1.5  percent) from the revised 2019 ‑20 level. This amount includes $372  million from the General Fund —a net increase of $11  million (or 3  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4288

The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - Figure 3 Summary of Judicial Council Cost ‑Benefit Analysis Findings One ‑on ‑One Assistance
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

State Correctional Spending Increased Despite Significant Population Reductions

Feb 4, 2020 - As a result, CDCR spending on inmate health care increased by about $1. 4  b illion ( 66  p ercent) —from about $2. 2  b illion in 2010 ‑ 11 t o an estimated $3. 6  b illion in 2019 ‑20. Much of this increase is due to increased staffing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4145

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - As we said in 2019 when we reviewed the Unit 6 MOU submitted for ratification that year, CDCR might need to recruit additional women correctional officers to work in its women’s prisons to maintain compliance with Section 2644. 2019 MOU Established Working Group to Develop Recruitment Strategies for Female Staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Increasing Oversight of the State Litigation Deposit Fund

Jan 28, 2021 - The budget included $6. 9  m illion —$3. 7  m illion from the Antitrust Account and $3. 2  m illion from the UCL —to support this new section. Prior to approval of this request, however, the department began redirecting in 2019 ‑20 $1. 8  m illion from the UCL to support this section that would otherwise have been available for other cases within the Public Rights Division.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4322