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

Feb 25, 2025 - First, Proposition  36 specified that selling drugs to a person who suffers a significant physical injury as a result of using the drug is a serious and violent crime. Second, the measure requires courts to warn people convicted of selling certain drugs that they could be charged with murder if they sell or provide illegal drugs that kill someone.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - A large portion of the General Fund support is used to support the Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS) enforcement teams, which seize firearms from people prohibited from owning or possessing them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - While CDCR is not allowed to use tele ‑mental health services in inpatient settings, the Coleman court allows up to 50  percent of outpatient providers —those working with the CCCMS or EOP populations —to be remote.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

Property tax rules for inherited property. [Ballot]

Oct 22, 2025 - The measure ’s changes could affect counties ’ costs to do so. The net effect on county administrative costs is unclear, but likely would not exceed the low tens of millions of dollars annually. Summary of Fiscal Effects.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-017

Property taxes. [Ballot]

Aug 4, 2023 - This is because, in most years, the price most properties could sell for grows faster than 2  percent per year. As a result, a property ’s taxable value often resets to a higher amount when it changes ownership.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-005

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Public Safety Package

Feb 17, 2022 - Moreover, preliminary 2021 data show motor vehicle theft may be further increasing. We note that this increase in motor vehicle thefts was not unique to California. Preliminary 2021 data from 27 cities across the United States show a 14  percent increase in motor vehicle theft between 2020 and 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

Artificial intelligence and child safety. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - State law limits how businesses may sell or share the personal information of minors. Specifically, businesses must obtain explicit consent before selling or sharing the personal information of minors under the age of 16.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-036

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - For example, state entities proportionately seek a greater share of alcohol or toxicology ‑related services. In contrast, counties and cities proportionately seek a greater share of controlled substances, latent print, or criminalistics ‑related services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

Artificial intelligence (AI) and child safety. [Ballot]

Dec 12, 2025 - Allows State and Private Individuals to Seek Monetary Awards. The measure allows DOJ to seek monetary penalties of $25,000 for each violation of the above-noted prohibition and safety mandate requirements, as well as reasonable attorney fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-025

Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - As Figure 2 shows, most of California ’s largest and most destructive wildfires have occurred in recent decades. This trend has been particularly notable in the last few years, which have seen some of the worst wildfires in the state ’s recorded history.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457