The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - The  Governor ’s budget increases current ‑year apportionment funding by $89   million Proposition   98 General Fund, reflecting that apportionments costs are coming in higher than projected at budget enactment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - The Chancellor ’s Office generally develops its scoring systems without legislative involvement. The CCC Board of Governors adopted the current scoring system in September 2020. Scoring System Includes Three Project Categories.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2023-24 Budget: Student Housing

Mar 9, 2023 - The revolving loan program has the added benefit of being somewhat more flexible than the grant program, without a set split among the three segments. With this flexibility, the administering entities might be able to direct th e financing benefit to those housing projects that are most likely to yield the greatest benefits regardless of segment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4733

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - Lower ‑income students, however, are the ones least likely to be able to attend and complete college without financial support. Program Is More Challenging to Convey and Administer Than Other State Aid Programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - Without such a plan, CSU cannot be sure that the commitments will be honored, undermining the potential benefit of making the commitments in the first place. Recommendations Recommend Reducing or Eliminating Base Increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

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

Nov 7, 2024 - Building space or hiring staff before students enroll means added costs without as much underlying revenue, yet not having space and staff in place means students have no programs in which to enter. Until a campus reaches a certain level —with a certain number of students, type of students, and revenue streams —nearly all aspects of campus development not only are more daunting logistically, but they cost more per student.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Without required reporting on how much campuses are spending on particular GI 2025 activities and how many and which students are using them, the Legislature cannot know which activities are most cost ‑effective.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - Even without the proposed 7  percent base General Fund increase, UC ’s core funding would increase 3.5  percent in 2026 ‑27, and UC would be able to cover some of its spending priorities. This growth rate is slightly below the average annual rate of growth in UC ’s total core funding over the past ten years (4.3  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - If UC and CSU were to continue growing without additional funding, they effectively would be covering the associated costs by making further programmatic adjustments, such as even larger class sizes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - The Legislature can still plan, establish performance goals, set spending priorities, make appropriations, support enrollment growth, and monitor the segments ’ outcomes —all without a Governor ’s compact.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112