The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - The law library ’s staff has grown over time, increasing from seven positions in 2017-18 to ten positions in 2024-25. Its operating costs have grown from approximately $630,000 in 2017-18 to an estimated $1.3  million in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - In 2017 ‑18, UC raised it resident undergraduate and graduate academic charges by 2.7  percent. In a few other years, UC also assessed small increases to its Student Services Fee. In contrast to tuition charges, state support generally was rising over this period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways

Nov 7, 2024 - Counties in Northern California (Del Notre, Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen, and Plumas), for example, saw their share of individuals with at least a bachelor ’s degree collectively increase from 14  percent in 2000 to 19  percent across 2017 ‑2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2024-25 Budget: California State University

Feb 15, 2024 - During the same period, CSU increased tuition only once (in 2017 ‑18). As  a  result, the General Fund has been comprising a growing share of CSU ’s core funds. Whereas we estimate the General Fund comprised 50  percent of CSU ’s ongoing core funds in 2013 ‑14, it comprises 62  percent in 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4842

The 2020-21 Budget: Cal Grant Cost Estimates

Nov 21, 2019 - We estimate the percentage of high school seniors who applied for an entitlement award increased from roughly 35  percent in the 2009 ‑10 award year to roughly 50  percent in the 2017 ‑18 award year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4114

California Community Colleges State Operations

Apr 11, 2018 - In 2017, the state adopted several community college initiatives that require administrative support from the Chancellor ’s Office. The 2017-18 budget plan included $150 million one-time Proposition 98 for colleges to adopt guided pathways, an initiative that provides a comprehensive framework for improving student outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3806

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Proposals

May 15, 2017 - Contingency Proposal Helps Protect Against Downside Risk in 2017 ‑18. In developing its estimate of the 2017 ‑18 guarantee, the administration assumed that per capita General Fund revenue would grow 4.7  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3670

Overview of Federal COVID-19 Research Funding

May 13, 2020 - According to the National Science Foundation (NSF), a total of $548  billion was spent on R &D nationwide in 2017. As Figure  1 shows, private industries collectively spent the greatest amount on R &D, followed by universities, then federal agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4230

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Budget Proposals

May 14, 2018 - Our estimates of General Fund revenue from the personal income tax are higher than the administration ’s estimates in 2017 ‑18 and 2018 ‑19. The difference primarily reflects our higher projections of capital gains in 2017 and 2018 and higher wages and salaries in 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3834

The 2019-20 Budget: Hastings College of the Law

Apr 24, 2019 - Figure 3 Governor Proposes Ongoing Increase at Hastings to Be Supported by General Fund D ollars in Millions Except Per ‑Student Amounts 2017 ‑18 Actual
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4011