The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Figure 2 Governor ’s Budget Funds New CCC Capital Outlay Projects Proposition 2 Bond Funds (In Thousands) College $399,428 $747,686 a Community college districts issue local general obligation bonds to pay for a share of project costs. b Replacement buildings listed in this category involve adding space. c Center operated by Sequoias Community College District.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - (This report uses these categories to maintain consistency with CSU ’s data.) Since the start of GI 2025, the equity gap by race/ethnicity has grown from 13 to 16  percentage points for the four ‑year graduation rate and from 13 to 15  percentage points for the six ‑year rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - Figure 1 CCC Recently Updated Its Funding Categories for Capital Outlay Projects Share of Funding Growth 35 a The Chancellor ’s Office first designates funding for life safety projects. Then, it allocates the remaining funds among the other categories according to the percentages shown. b Reflects projects not covered by other categories, including facilities for physical education, performing arts, and child development.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

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

Mar 10, 2025 - The number of positions in this category grew from 127 to 165 in 2024 ‑25 (a  30  percent increase). All other position categories (academic support, student services, and institutional support) grew in size by an average of 10  percent, while facilities and maintenance personnel did not grow.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - For Cal Grant recipients (who already have their tuition, and, in some cases, a portion of their nontuition costs covered), MCS provides ad ditional aid for nontuition costs. Though less notable given relative magnitude, the revamped program also expanded eligibility to CCC students in bachelor ’s degree programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

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

Nov 7, 2024 - UC Merced ’s student ‑to ‑employee ratio in this category was 69:1  compared to 18:1 for the UC system. UC Merced administrators indicate that its notably higher student ‑to ‑employee ratio also is due to its fiscal challenges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - (Some students are included in both categories.) In the year after exiting college, former CTE students have higher median annual earnings than non‑CTE students. Correspondingly, a higher share of former CTE students than non‑CTE students attain a living wage, based on certain estimated expenses for a single adult in their county.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

Update on Student Housing Assistance

May 7, 2024 - In the first two years of the program, CSU reports that participating campuses added a total of 15 new staff positions, while their community partners added a total of 18 new staff positions. CSU indicates significant staffing is required to provide case management services to  students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4898

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Discretionary Proposals The Governor ’s budget includes three categories of discretionary proposals, which are those that are not already committed to under current law or policy. First, some proposals provide short ‑term budget savings that create more budget capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - When the state has added new authorized positions, it has added associated funding. For example, in 2023‑24, the state augmented CSAC’s state operations budget $1.1 million for the additional positions, along with a few hundreds of thousands of dollars for other things (new high school toolkits and additional Cash for College efforts).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994