The 2018-19 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 27, 2018 - The Governor’s budget proposes a total of $17.2 billion from various fund sources for judicial and criminal justice programs in 2018‑19. This is an increase of $302 million, or 2 percent, above estimated expenditures for the current year. The budget includes General Fund support for judicial and criminal justice programs of $13.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3762

The 2018-19 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 27, 2018 - This is an increase of $302 million, or 2 percent, above estimated expenditures for the current year. The budget includes General Fund support for judicial and criminal justice programs of $13.9 billion in 2018‑19, which is an increase of $270 million, or 2 percent, over the current‑year level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3762

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s Criminal Fine and Fee Proposals

Mar 3, 2017 - For example, the Legislature could approve an expenditure plan that ranks programs in priority order. To the extent revenues are lower than expected, lower priority programs would be required to implement additional expenditure reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3600

The 2017-18 Budget: Federal Receiver for Inmate Medical Services

Mar 3, 2017 - The Governor ’s budget proposes total expenditures of $2.1  billion for inmate medical care in 2017-18, which is an increase of $41  million (2  percent) from the 2016-17 level. This increase is primarily due to increased pharmaceutical drug costs and additional staff needed to support various medical care operations, such as the distribution of pharmaceutical drugs to inmates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3601

The 2017-18 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Mar 1, 2017 - The Governor ’s budget proposes total expenditures of $11.3  billion ($11  billion General Fund) for CDCR operations in 2017 ‑18. Figure  1 shows the total operating expenditures estimated in the Governor ’s budget for the past and current years and proposed for the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3595

The 2017-18 Budget: Department of State Hospitals (DSH)

Feb 22, 2017 - The Governor ’s budget proposes total expenditures of $1.6  billion ($1.4  billion from the General Fund) for DSH operations in  2017-18, which is a decrease of $278  million (15  percent) from the 2016-17 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3578

The 2017-18 Budget: Trial Courts and the County Office of Education General Fund Offset

Feb 16, 2017 - Governor ’s Budget Underestimates Excess Property Tax Revenue. The Governor ’s budget estimates that excess property tax revenue in 2017-18 will not increase over the 2016-17 level of $37 million. Our analysis of property tax growth, however, projects higher excess property tax levels and, in turn, higher General Fund offsets for trial courts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3567

The 2017-18 Budget: Trial Courts and the County Office of Education General Fund Offset [Publication Details]

Feb 16, 2017 - Under state law, county office of educations’ excess property tax revenue offsets state General Fund support for trial courts. In this post, we describe the offset and recommend the Legislature adjust the offset to better reflect growth in local property taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3567

The 2017-18 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 14, 2017 - The 2017-18 Budget: Judicial Branch a Does not include offset of trial court expenditures from excess local property taxes. Sustain Justice System Edition Case Management System Replacement LAO Bottom Line.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3557

The 2017-18 Budget: Department of Justice

Jan 31, 2017 - Proposition  56, which was approved by the voters in November 2016, increases the state excise tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products (including e-cigarettes). The measure requires that the revenues from the increased tax be used to support various specified purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3543