The 2020-21 Budget: Effectively Managing State Prison Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2020 - For example, federal court requirements to improve inmate health care have driven —and continue to drive —major infrastructure expenditures. In addition, efforts to expand the provision of rehabilitation programs result in infrastructure needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4186

The 2020-21 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 18, 2020 - Federal Reimbursement Rate Raises Questions About Level of Funding Needed The Governor ’s budget assumes that CDCR will only be able to offset about $55. 4  m illion of contract medical expenditures with federal reimbursements —equivalent to roughly 30  p ercent of the cost of inpatient medical services provided to inmates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4164

State Correctional Spending Increased Despite Significant Population Reductions

Feb 4, 2020 - The state took various actions to close these shortfalls, including reducing expenditures and shifting costs to the future. (For more information on this topic, see our report The Great Recession and California’s Recovery .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4145

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Recently, corporation tax collections have grown faster than anticipated while personal income tax collections have grown somewhat slower. The administration assumes that this pattern will continue. This is because they attribute the pattern to partnerships, which are taxed under the personal income tax, changing to corporations in response to 2017 federal tax changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 17, 2019 - The budget plan also assumes that BSCC will receive $26  million in cannabis tax revenue for competitive grants to local governments to assist with public health and safety programs related to cannabis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4097

The California State Bar: Considerations for a Fee Increase

Jun 26, 2019 - The board has a policy that the State Bar maintain a minimum reserve equaling at least 17  p ercent of its expenditures —this constitutes about two months ’ worth of expenditures. With most of the recent years ending with operating surpluses, the State Bar ’s reserves have grown in most years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4080

Improving California’s Prison Inmate Classification System

May 2, 2019 - Accordingly, CDCRs overly expansive exclusions on camp eligibly—which have contributed to the roughly 1,000 vacant camp beds—could be costing the state tens of millions of dollars annually in unnecessary expenditures on contract beds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4023

The 2019-20 Budget: Reorganization of the Division of Juvenile Justice

Apr 10, 2019 - These direct and indirect benefits, if accomplished, could potentially reduce state expenditures —one of the purposes for reorganization listed in statute. What Are Potential Consequences of the Proposed Reorganization?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3998

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Governor's Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 19, 2019 - (These totals do not include expenditures from local revenues or trial court reserves.) This increase reflects various proposals to increase spending, particularly for the support of trial courts. The major proposals include: $ 75  m illion in one ‑time General Fund support to Judicial Council for a grant program to fund the implementation, operation, or evaluation of programs or
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3940

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - From 2017 ‑ 18 t o 2019 ‑20, its estimates of baseline Medi ‑Cal expenditures (before accounting for policy changes) is $3. 8  b illion lower than we estimated in November. This difference includes a roughly $ 2  b illion downward revision to current ‑year expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916