The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 23, 2026 - Ask the court to allow tele ‑mental health providers to work from out of state. Require CDCR report on the feasibility of concentrating the mental health population in prisons that are easier to staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Ask Court to Allow Tele ‑Mental Health Providers to Work From Out ‑of ‑State. We recommend the Legislature direct CDCR to request that the Coleman court remove the requirement that tele ‑mental health staff work in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

Jun 12, 2025 - Legislature Can Ask Several Key Questions to Conduct Oversight of Recent Law Changes. Below, we identify key questions that the Legislature might want to ask as it conducts oversight of the recent law changes made to address retail theft: Are practitioners, stakeholders, and the public aware of the changes?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change [Publication Details]

Jun 12, 2025 - In this report, we provide background on trends in retail theft over the past decade, discuss some of the possible contributors to these trends, describe recent retail theft-related law changes, and outline key questions that the Legislature may want to ask as it continues to provide oversight of this issue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5055

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - We recommend the Legislature consider each proposal separately and ask a series of consistent questions when determining whether the proposals warrant early action. Specifically, we recommen d the Legislature ask: Does the Administration Provide Sufficient Evidence of a Problem?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2023-24 Budget: Racial and Identity Profiling Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - Statutorily specific metrics are required to be reported for each stop —including the time, date, and location of the stop; the reason for the stop; the result of the stop (such as whether the officer asked for consent to search the stopped person); and the perceived race or ethnicity, gender, and approximate age of the person stopped based on the observation of the officer conducting the stop.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4715

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - However, to establish a value for the benefit, CalHR only asked the employers if employers made prefunding contributions towards the benefit. The state only recently began prefunding retiree health ben efits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Moreover, we suggest asking the administration whether one ‑time funding would be sufficient to address these long ‑standing  disparities. Foundational Support for Core State and Local Public Health Functions.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

Assessing the Provision of Criminal Indigent Defense

Sep 22, 2022 - Public defense providers or lawyers file motions asking a court to stop the assignment of new cases and to withdraw from current cases, as may be appropriate, when workloads are excessive and other adequate alternatives are unavailable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4623

A Review of State Standards and Inspections for Local Detention Facilities

Feb 16, 2021 - Specifically, BSCC will ask agencies that do not address areas of noncompliance within specified time periods to appear before the board at a public meeting to discuss why they are not compliant. However, attendance is optional and if an agency declines to attend, there are no further consequences associated with noncompliance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4371