$4 Million Of California’s Budget To Be Used To Resolve Rape-Kit Backlog A request by Assemblyman Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale, to use $4 million of California’s budget to test backlogged rape kits was approved Wednesday. Lackey made the request to help reduce the backlog of nearly 14,000 rape kits that have yet to be tested by California law enforcement officials. “I am overjoyed that this dedication of resources will assist victims of violent crime in their trauma recovery process for years to come,” Lackey said. “The backlog is often discussed as an aggregate — but each kit represents an individual working to heal physically, emotionally and psychologically. The very least we can do is affirm their pain by testing the DNA evidence provided.”