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

A Review of State Standards and Inspections for Local Detention Facilities

Feb 16, 2021 - To pay for this realigned workload, the state provides counties with a portion of annual state sales tax revenue, which has totaled around $ 1  b illion in recent years. Counties use a significant share of these funds to support jails.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4371

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

State Needs Unified Strategic Approach to Homeland Security [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2005 - The state lacks a unified strategic approach to homeland security. The Office of Homeland Security and the Department of Health Services have not sufficiently coordinated their efforts. We make a number of recommendations to address these problems, including the development of a strategic plan and annual expenditure report.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1261

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 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 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

Realignment of Parole Could Improve Public Safety and Help Address Budget Shortfall [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - We propose a nearly $500 million realignment of responsibility for supervision of low-level criminal offenders from the state parole system to county probation. Funding for parole realignment would come from a reallocation of waste and water district property taxes, city Proposition 172 sales taxes, and vehicle license fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1740

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

Trial Court Fundings Issues [Publication Details]

Apr 1, 1994 - The Trial Court Realignment and Efficiency Act of 1991 modified the Trial Court Funidng Program and significantly changed the state-local funding relationship for support of the trial courts. The Governor's Budget proposes to significantly increase state support and fund trial court operations so that state expenditures are dsiplayed by function instead of by block grant amounts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1937