The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Under the Governor ’s budget, the state would be committing nearly $1.3  billion (83  percent) of total Proposition  2 bond funding through 2026-27, leaving $249  million (17  percent) available for future years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - In 2023 ‑24 (the most recent year for which UC has reported data), UC reserves declined from 17  percent to 15  percent of annual core fund expenditures —equating to just under two months of reserves.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Every year since the inception of GI 2025 in 2016 ‑17, CSU has used a different formula to allocate new GI 2025 funds, such that campuses have not known one year from the next what it takes to obtain program funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - The 2016 ‑17 state budget funded the Board of Governors ’ request, providing $200  million ongoing Proposition  98 General Fund to create SWP. Subsequent augmentations have brought the program funding level to $290  million ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

Interim Evaluation of Community College Basic Skills Transformation Grants

Dec 5, 2019 - The legislation ( 1)  m ade transferable college ‑level courses the default placement for students, ( 2)  r equired the use of high school coursework and/or grades in making placement decisions, and ( 3)  s et expectations that students complete transferable college ‑level math and English coursework within one academic year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4120

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - Of the project proposals that districts submitted for 2025-26, 17 out of 36 eligible modernization projects (47  percent) were included in the Governor ’s budget, compared to 8 out of 14 eligible growth projects (57  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

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

Nov 7, 2024 - UC  Merced accounts for 17  percent of this growth. UC Merced added the greatest number of resident undergraduate students of any UC campus, with it growing by approximately 7,500 students since 2005.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - Over the last ten years, UC ’s FTE workforce has grown by 24  percent, exceeding FTE student growth of 17  percent. In 2023 ‑24, UC had 1 FTE employee for every 2.1 FTE students. UC Workforce Consists of a Mix of Academic and Nonacademic Positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

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

Mar 10, 2025 - In 2025‑26, CLSF would receive $101 million in total core funding, reflecting a $15 million (17 percent) increase from 2024‑25. Both of CLSF’s main sources of core funding would increase, with tuition revenue projected to increase $4.3 million (7.8 percent) and state General Fund proposed to increase $11 million (40 percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

California Community Colleges—Managing Cash in a Time of State Payment Deferrals

Dec 18, 2020 - The state began using payment deferrals during the dot ‑com bust but relied much more heavily on them during the Great Recession. The practice of deferring college payments peaked in 2011 ‑12, when the state deferred a total of $ 961  m illion in CCC payments —accounting for nearly 30  p ercent of CCC Proposition  98 General Fund support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4307