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

Mar 10, 2025 - CLSF also has increased these charges over the same period —by 7  percent in 2022 ‑23, 8  percent in 2023 ‑24, and 8  percent in 2024 ‑25. Despite the recent increases, CLSF ’s JD tuition charge remains lower than the average tuition charge of UC ’s four JD programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

Overview of Major Impacts of H.R. 1 – One Big Beautiful Bill Act [Publication Details]

Aug 20, 2025 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5067

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - As Figure   7 shows, UC ’s core spending has grown faster than inflation over the past ten years. Over this period, core spending grew at an average annual rate of 4.3   percent compared to an average annual inflation rate of 3.3   percent over the same period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - In 2022 ‑23, award coverage was 26  percent, followed by 36  percent in 2023 ‑24, and 35  percent in 2024 ‑25. Using this approach, CSAC could not finalize the percentage of award coverage until August when it received enrollment rosters from campuses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

Update on Community College Reserves

Jan 27, 2021 - The other district, Palo Verde CCD, started (and ended) the year with relatively high unrestricted reserves —having its unrestricted reserves as a share of annual unrestricted expenditures drop from 52  percent as of June 30, 2019 to 36  percent as of June 30, 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4323

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - The Governor proposes to increase ongoing base General Fund support for CSU by $366  million (7  percent) in 2026 ‑27. This increase reflects two components. First, the Governor ’s budget includes a 5  percent base increase ($265  million) for CSU in 2026 ‑27, reflecting the fifth ‑year base increase of his multiyear compact.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Of the project proposals that districts submitted for 2026-27, 7 out of 27 eligible modernization projects (26  percent) are included in the Governor ’s budget, compared to 3 out of 8 eligible growth projects (38  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Sep 11, 2024 - We estimate the 2024-25 funding level is sufficient to cover 39  percent of each recipient ’s remaining costs (up from 36  percent coverage in 2023-24). We summarize estimated recipients, spending, and award amounts by segment in our Middle Class Scholarship Program EdBudget table.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4926

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - As Figure 7 shows, annual program costs have steadily grown over this period, reaching more than $800 million in 2024‑25. In 2024‑25, UCRP’s funded status (comparing assets to liabilities) was 85 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

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

Nov 7, 2024 - By 2023, this percentage had grown to 7  percent of UC ’s total resident freshman class. Merced County in particular has experienced substantial growth in UC attendance. From 1999 ‑2002, only 3  percent of high school graduates enrolled at a UC campus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937