The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - To help address the state budget shortfall, the budget package includes a reduction of $15  million in one-time General Fund that had been provided in a prior year for the Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - Legislation increasing the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System fee from $9 to $15 per licensee per year, beginning in April 2025, to cover DOJ ’s costs to operate and maintain the system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - In fall 2019 (the year just before the pandemic), the gap in success rates between in ‑person and correspondence courses was 15  percentage points. The gap shrunk temporarily during the pandemic as success rates for in ‑person courses declined as a result of disruptions to in ‑person  programming.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913