The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - In deciding how much funding to allocate, the Legislature faces a basic trade-off. On the one hand, allocating more funding now would allow more projects to begin in 2026-27, avoiding the construction cost escalation associated with waiting until a future year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - If the Legislature considers base increases for CSU and UC a high priority —even given the potentially very difficult budget trade ‑ offs —then approving smaller base increases would be more prudent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - We are still in the midst of evaluating these proposals, but each raises notable concerns and trade ‑offs for the Legislature to consider, particularly as all of this new spending effectively is coming at the expense of other budget  priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - Given that Proposition  2 funding covers only a portion of CCC ’s identified capital outlay needs, the state faces trade-offs between funding gymnasiums and funding other facilities that more directly support instruction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2022-23 Budget: Student Housing

Apr 8, 2022 - We think reflecting now on the difficult trade‑offs raised by these choices will help focus the Legislature’s higher education budget decisions in the coming years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4589

The 2025-26 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 10, 2025 - Since 2000, CLSF enrollment peaked in 2009 at 1,336 full ‑time equivalent (FTE) students, then fell notably from 2011 ‑12 to 2015 ‑16, before leveling off for a few years. CLSF experienced two years of notable growth in 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑ 23 —growing by a combined 22  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - The estimated total cost of attendance for students living off campus is $93,624. About 78  percent of students receive some type of financial aid. (CCA ’s undergraduate tuition level is slightly higher than a few other private art schools in the state and notably higher than one.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2022-23 Budget: Middle Class Scholarship Program

Mar 30, 2022 - Figure  6 shows the net price for an illustrative UC student living off campus at various income levels under two scenarios: (1)  the Governor ’s proposed funding level for the MCS program and (2)  full implementation of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4581

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - Increasing the Witkin Law Library ’s Portion of Appellate Fee Revenue Has Trade-Offs. Absent an increase in special fund fee revenue, the law library will become increasingly reliant on General Fund support to cover operating cost increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - This means that, going forward, decisions to balance the budget will involve more difficult trade ‑offs. We recommend the Legislature use the next few months to review program performance to develop its own approach to addressing the deficits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951