The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - The total marginal cost (state and student shares combined) of increasing resident undergraduate enrollment by 1  percent in 2026 ‑27 is $58  million. Provide more funding for student financial aid. Specifically, CSU plans to designate $67  million for this purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - P = preliminary plans; W = working drawings; STEM = science, technology, engineering, and mathematics PC = performance criteria; and C = construction. Governor Also Proposes Funding Two Continuing Capital Outlay Projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2021-22 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 8, 2021 - Cal Grants are provided as entitlements to recent high school graduates and transfer students under age 28. The state also provides a limited number of competitive awards to other students—typically older students who have been out of school for at least a few years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4355

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - Recommend Holding Enrollment Flat at Universities in 2027 ‑28. Given the sizeable projected deficit in 2027 ‑28, we recommend holding enrollment expectations flat for UC and CSU that year. Setting higher enrollment targets for the segments without providing them funding comes with downsides.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - We recommend removing the state ’s out ‑year funding commitments to UC in 2027 ‑28 and 2028 ‑29. Eliminating these out ‑year augmentations would reduce projected state deficits in 2027 ‑28 and 2028 ‑29 without requiring programmatic cuts or tax increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - As Figure  2 shows, the BPPE Fund is projected to become insolvent in 2027-28 regardless of whether the state provides the proposed General Fund appropriation. (This appropriation would have a small impact on BPPE ’s near-term fiscal condition, as it covers loan repayment costs that would otherwise be spread across the next six years.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - The Governor ’s budget includes $28  million Proposition  2 bond funds for the preliminary plans and working drawings phases of these projects. The total cost across all project phases is $748  million, with the state covering $399  million (53  percent) and districts covering $348  million (47  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

Update on Community College Reserves

Jan 27, 2021 - Unrestricted reserves ranged from 5.3  percent of annual expenditures at the San Francisco Community College District (CCD) to 58  percent at the Kern CCD, with a median unrestricted reserve of 23  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4323

The 2024-25 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Jan 30, 2024 - Given the state’s large projected budget deficit in 2024‑25 (potentially upwards of $58 billion), at least $2.4 billion in non‑Proposition 98 General Fund higher education savings seems a practical starting point.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4829?utm_source=Legislative+Analyst%27s+Office&utm_campaign=415eaeb623-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_01_30_4829&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-415eaeb623-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

The 2019-20 Budget: Hastings College of the Law

Apr 24, 2019 - Hastings Is Receiving $58   Million in Ongoing Core Funding in 2018 ‑19. As Figure 1 shows, Hastings relies heavily on student tuition and fee revenue to support its operations. In 2018 ‑19, $ 43  m illion ( 74  p ercent) of its ongoing funding came from student tuition and fees, $ 14  m illion ( 24  p ercent) came from state General Fund, and $1. 6  m illion (2. 7  p ercent) came from various other sources (including the state lottery and investment income).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4011