The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - The total cost across all project phases is $1.6  billion, with the state covering $764  million (48  percent) and districts covering $834  million (52  percent). As of the Governor ’s budget, all but two of these projects were scheduled to complete working drawings in 2026-27, with the remaining projects expected to do so by August 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - Over the past few years, the state approved $1.6  billion in new UC projects, including certain student housing projects as well as new medical education buildings and other expansion projects at the Merced and Riverside campuses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - Systemwide, very little (1.6  percent in 2023 ‑24, less than six days of reserves) is earmarked for this purpose. The remainder is committed to various planned activities, including faculty recruitment, capital outlay planning, and launching new academic  programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Savings Proposals Generates $1.6 Billion School and Community College Settle‑Up Obligation in 2024‑25. The Governor’s budget proposes providing $1.6 billion less in total funding for schools and community colleges than the estimated constitutional minimum funding level for 2024‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 Budget: California State University

Feb 7, 2023 - New resident student headcount decreased by 6.8  percent compared to the previous year in fall 2021, and then decreased an additional 1.6  percent in fall 2022. These smaller cohorts will remain at CSU in 2023 ‑24, leading to smaller cohorts of continuing  students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4671

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Proposals

May 15, 2017 - This May Revision is unusual because it proposes to fund a total of $1.6 billion above the minimum guarantees across the 2015 ‑16 through 2017 ‑18 period, providing schools with most of the increase identified in state revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3670

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - This amount equates to six days of operations (or 1.6 percent of total annual core operating expenditures). CSU’s reserve levels are lower than CSU’s reserve policy, which stipulates that reserves cover between three and six months of operating expenses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957

Creating a Debt Free College Program

Jan 31, 2017 - Tellingly, the associated program cost for part ‑time students (those taking more than 5 but fewer than 12  units) is $1.6  billion, whereas the program cost for full ‑time CCC students (those taking 12  or more units) is $500  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3540

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - The total cost across all phases of these projects is $1.6  billion, with the state covering $729  million (46  percent) and districts covering $842  million (54  percent). Of these projects, 17 are modernization projects, 8 are growth projects, and 4 are life safety projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - While the Legislature could set this fund balance to any amount greater than zero, since 2015 ‑ 16 t he state has enacted balances in the SFEU of around $1. 5  b illion. $1.6   Billion in Ongoing Spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135