The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Nov 14, 2025 - For 2024-25, the budget package provides an additional $78  million from the previously enacted level that year —bringing MCS spending up to $1  billion General Fund ($636  million ongoing and $368  million one time).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5089

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - CSU has also already set systemwide retention rate targets for the 2027 fall cohort: 88  percent first ‑year retention rate (a  4 ‑percentage ‑point increase), 81  percent second ‑year rate (a 9 ‑percentage ‑point increase), and 78  percent third ‑year rate (an 8 ‑percentage ‑point increase).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - About 78  percent of students receive some type of financial aid. (CCA ’s undergraduate tuition level is slightly higher than a few other private art schools in the state and notably higher than one.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2024-25 Budget: California State University

Feb 15, 2024 - CSU estimates its associated costs for active employees in 2024 ‑25 will increase $78  million. In addition, the Governor ’s budget includes $64  million to cover the higher cost for CSU ’s retirees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4842

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - The Governor ’s budget also includes $78  million one-time General Fund, nearly all of which reflects carryover funds associated with one-time local assistance initiatives funded in recent years. The majority of this carryover funding already has been encumbered.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2024-25 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 21, 2024 - The Governor must dedicate $78   million of his proposed Proposition   98 Reserve withdrawal for covering the added ongoing cost of the proposed COLA for CCC apportionments and certain CCC categorical programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4853

The 2019-20 Budget: California State Library Local Assistance Proposals

Apr 25, 2019 - According to an independent 2016 e valuation of the Zip Books pilot, staff takes around 22 m inutes to process a Zip Books request, compared to 78 m inutes for an interlibrary loan request. According to the administration, these time savings reduce staff costs from $33 for each interlibrary loan transaction to $9.50 for each Zip Book transaction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4012

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The largest share of this funding —$ 78  m illion across various departments from a combination of General Fund and special funds —is for improvements to the public safety radio system and to purchase additional radios.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2020-21 Budget: Analyzing UC and CSU Cost Pressures

Dec 18, 2019 - For example, UC reports a 78 p ercent increase in students visiting a campus counseling center between 2007 ‑08 and 2017 ‑18. During the same period, overall enrollment increased by 27 p ercent. In 2019 ‑20, the Legislature provided a total of $ 30 m illion in ongoing funding and $ 18 m illion in one ‑time funding for hunger, homelessness, and mental health initiatives at UC and CSU.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4127