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 [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: 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: 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

The 2017-18 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Criminal Justice Budget

Jan 27, 2017 - Expenditure Trends Total Spending Declined Between 2010-11 and 2012-13 . . . Over the past decade, total expenditures on judicial criminal justice programs has varied. As shown in Figure  1, criminal justice spending declined between 2010-11 and 2012-13, primarily due to two factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3539

The 2017-18 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Criminal Justice Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 27, 2017 - The Governor’s budget for 2017-18 proposes total expenditures of $16.1 billion for judicial and criminal justice programs. In this post, we describe recent trends in state spending on criminal justice and provide an overview of the major changes in the Governor’s proposed budget for criminal justice programs in 2017-18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3539

The 2017-18 Budget: Trial Court Security Funding for Counties

Jan 25, 2017 - Specifically, the state shifted $496  million in tax revenues to counties to finance these new responsibilities. State law also requires that any revenue from the growth in these tax revenues is to be distributed annually to counties based on percentages specified in statute.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3538

Sheriff Court-Security Services Mandate

May 27, 2016 - This included a shift of state tax revenues to the counties to finance this new responsibility. Chapter  22 Created a State-Reimbursable Mandate. The commission determined that the provision of trial court security by county sheriffs in criminal and delinquency proceedings is a legal responsibility required by state law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3478