The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - The CCC system includes 72 local community college districts that operate 115 college campuses, as well as a number of off-campus centers and district offices. Based on the system ’s most recent five-year capital outlay plan, these sites have a combined 87  million square feet of building space.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - The CCC system consists of 115  community colleges operated by 72  locally governed districts, plus one statewide online college overseen by the system ’s Board of Governors. Under state law, the system ’s primary mission is to provide academic and CTE instruction at the lower ‑division undergraduate level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - The CCC system includes 72 local community college districts that operate 115 college campuses, as well as a number of off-campus centers and district offices. Based on the system ’s most recent five-year capital outlay plan, these sites have a combined 87  million square feet of building space.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2019-20 Budget: Community College Student Success Awareness Initiative

Apr 25, 2019 - The Chancellor ’s Office allocates funds, administers programs, provides technical assistance, and carries out oversight activities across 73 districts and 115 colleges in the CCC system. Over the past several years, the Chancellor ’s Office has led a number of systemwide initiatives specifically in the areas of financial aid, career pathways, and transfer options, as highlighted below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4017

The 2021-22 Budget: Various CSU Proposals

Mar 9, 2021 - An increase of 115 FTE students represents roughly 40  p ercent growth. We think there would be limited opportunity to meet this target in 2021 ‑22, the year the funds would be provided. First, the center would likely need to implement substantial changes to its recruitment and admissions strategy to achieve such rapid growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4399

Update on Student Housing Assistance

May 7, 2024 - Of these colleges, 115 offer a broad array of lower division academic programs and career technical education programs. Each of these colleges is locally governed by one of 72 community college districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4898

The 2020-21 Budget: Immigrant Legal Services at the Public Higher Education Segments

May 21, 2020 - Given the CCC system has 115 colleges, DSS and CCC decided to designate specified campuses as local “hubs ” to house legal service providers. On average, each hub campus works with one other campus in the vicinity, often within the same community college district.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4239

An Overview of Federal Higher Education Relief

Apr 28, 2020 - About 60  percent of these students are enrolled in the California Community Colleges (CCC), a system of 115  colleges operated by 73 districts located throughout the state. About 20  percent of students are enrolled in the state ’s two public university systems —the California State University (CSU), with 23 campuses, and the University of California (UC), with 10 campuses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4225

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