The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 24, 2025 - .) $27.5  million one-time reversion —$14.2  million from 2023-24 and $13.3  million from 2024-25 —from eliminating a two-year pilot program required by Chapter  326 of 2022 (AB  1981, Lee) to study whether greater juror compensation and mileage reimbursement increase juror diversity and participation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways

Nov 7, 2024 - Specifically, we reviewed an academic study by Lee (2019), the most recent study UC Merced commissioned (2020), and the most recent study UCOP commissioned (2021). Findings from the Lee study suggest that UC Merced contributed to a 13  percent increase in jobs in the local services sector (with students and campus employees increasing demand for things like restaurants, haircuts, and health care).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2024-25 Budget: Sustainable Funding for the Department of Pesticide Regulation

Mar 5, 2024 - The  proposal does not provide resources to implement recently chaptered   legislation —such as for Chapter  662 of 2023 (A B  652 , Lee), which requires DPR to convene an environmental justice committee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4873

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 16, 2023 - Some of the notable augmentations include: $19  million General Fund in 2023-24 (decreasing to $4.2  million annually beginning in 2025-26) to implement Chapter  326 of 2022 (AB  1981, Lee) related to juror reimbursement and compensation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805