The California State Bar: Assessment of Proposed Disciplinary Case Processing Standards

Jan 6, 2023 - This can make it difficult for the Legislature to ensure that the fees authorized annually align with expenditure levels that match legislative priorities and expectations for how such funding will be used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4655

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 26, 2022 - Excess Property Tax Offset. The budget includes a $128.4 million reduction in General Fund support for trial court operations in 2022-23 in order to reflect the availability of property tax revenue in accordance with Control Section 15.45 and Section 2578 of the Education Code.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625

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

Feb 17, 2022 - The ORCE investigators plan to focus on complex, multi ‑jurisdictional organized retail theft crime networks for fraud, tax evasion, and other white ‑collar crimes. These investigators would coordinate with federal, state, local, and retail partners as well as coordinate data collection and information.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Justice Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Revenues are averaging around $2  million annually, while expenditures have ranged between $3  million to $4  million annually. (We note that it is unclear the specific impact, if any, the pandemic may have had upon ammunition transactions which would impact both revenues and expenditures.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4527

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor's Proposals for CDCR Operations

Feb 8, 2022 - The revised proposal should include adequate justification for the identified expenditures (such as estimates of the number of staff and inmates needing testing and personal protective equipment) and account for revised projections of the inmate population and any changes in pandemic condit ions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4517

The 2022-23 Budget: Judicial Branch Proposals

Feb 3, 2022 - Once  annual revenue into the IMF began declining, Judicial Council struggled to reduce expenditures to match the amount of available resources. Although the council took some steps to address these operational shortfalls by eliminating or reducing certain expenditures, or shifting expenditures to other fund sources, it continued to authorize funding from the IMF for programs and systems in excess of available resources in many years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4513

The 2022-23 Budget: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training

Jan 31, 2022 - The job requirements of a peace officer can be physically, mentally, and emotionally taxing. This is because officers can face dangerous situations, work late night shifts, and have repeat exposure to violent situations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4507

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

Jan 13, 2022 - For the budget year, as the Legislature considers the Governor ’s budget proposals, those proposals that currently count as excludable expenditures —such as spending on capital outlay —for the most part can only be reallocated to other SAL ‑related purposes, such as tax reductions or an alternative excluded  expenditure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - Excess Property Tax Offset. The budget includes a $121.1  million reduction in General Fund support for trial court operations in 2021 ‑22 in order to reflect the availability of property tax revenue in accordance with Control Section 15.45 and Section 2578 of the Education Code.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - (In addition to the amounts shown, the Governor proposes using $1.5  billion of ARP fiscal relief funds to pay for the sate share of direct coronavirus disease 2019 expenditures, resulting in lower General Fund costs by that amount.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432