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

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor proposes $ 122  m illion for greater living assistance for California Community Colleges, CSU, and UC Cal Grant recipients who have dependent children. The Governor also proposes $9. 6  m illion to fund an additional 4,250 Cal Grant competitive awards, which would raise the total number of new competitive awards authorized annually to 30,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Students have access to research databases, e ‑journals, magazine subscriptions, peer ‑reviewed articles, and e ‑books that can be used to complete course  assignments. New Federal Policy Resumes Pell Grants for Eligible Incarcerated Students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds

Jan 3, 2017 - However, the stat e generally has limited ability to change the purpose of how bond funds are spent without voter approval. Thus, lengthy delays in expending bond funds can mean that those expenditures might reflect outdated, rather than current, priorities. . . .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3519

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

Jan 13, 2020 - For K ‑ 12 e ducation, the budget includes $1. 2  b illion for the Local Control Funding Formula, which reflects funding for the COLA offset by a 0. 3  p ercent attendance decline. For community colleges, the Governor ’s largest ongoing proposal is $ 199  m illion to cover the COLA and 0. 5  p ercent enrollment growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget package includes a few notable changes for GO-SERVE in 2025-26, including: Expansion and Extension of College Corps Program.  The budget includes a $5  million one-time General Fund augmentation for College Corps in 2025-26 to expand the program, laying the groundwork for more campuses to operate the program beginning in 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2016-17 Budget: Review of UC’s Merced Campus Expansion Proposal

Feb 10, 2016 - Some of these changes, such as counting more college preparatory work as college credit and reducing the required units for certain degrees, could reduce the need for some students to take certain courses, thereby freeing up space for other students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - . $4.7  million Unfair Competition Law (UCL) Fund in 2024-25 (increasing to $4.8  million in 2025-26 and 2026-27) to support civil climate change litigation. $4  million General Fund annually for three years beginning in 2024-25 to supplement baseline funding supporting increased legal services for small clients.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Capital Outlay

Oct 17, 2019 - Projects in three departments received nearly three-quarters of the capital outlay funds approved: Department of General Services (DGS) ($1.1  billion), California State University ($1  billion), and California Community Colleges ($539  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4105

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - In  addition, Mount Tamalpais College —a private accredited college based at SQRC —currently offers an associate ’s degree program and operates entirely through private philanthropy. It may be possible that Mount Tamalpais College could expand its associate ’s degree capacity —or add a bachelor ’s degree program if the demand indeed exists —at no cost to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - The budget also provides $5  million and associated reporting language for an operational observer to monitor the efforts of Pacific Gas & Electric (PG &E) to implement steps to mitigate the risk of wildfire ignitions from PG &E ’s infrastructure and limit the effects of public safety power shutdowns.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277