An Analysis of the University of California’s Agricultural and Natural Resource Programs

Jan 6, 2022 - According to NIFA, these programs helped secure the nation ’s food supply and agricultural workforce during the world wars and Great Depression, as well as boosted American agricultural productivity in the postwar years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4490

The 2021-22 Budget: California Institutes for Science and Innovation

Mar 2, 2021 - Today, UC reports total core funding for the institutes of $16.6 million, consisting of state funds and campus funds. On top of this core funding, the institutes receive additional funds from federal grants, private donations, and other external sources for specific research and other limited‑term endeavors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4394

The 2024-25 Budget: California State Library

Mar 13, 2024 - The program has a local matching requirement, with grant recipients generall y required to contribute half of the funding for a project. The State Library, however, may reduce the local match if a local library demonstrates it has insufficient financial resources to meet the full matching requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4882

Improving Workforce Education and Training Data in California

Aug 18, 2016 - But Federated Model Might Be More Suitable Today, and in California Context. On the other hand, the federated model has become more common in recent years due to certain advances in technology and information science.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3494

Trends in Higher Education: Student Access

Jan 23, 2024 - Much of that guide remains relevant today and can assist those who are looking for more basic information on education policy and fiscal matters in California. California's Higher Education System California ’s public higher education sector consists of the California Community Colleges (CCC), California State University (CSU), and University of California (UC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4828

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - The state provided one ‑time General Fund to support the construction of the institutes, and today the institutes receive ongoing General Fund support for their operations. (We provide more information on these institutes in our brief The 2021‑22 Budget: The California Institutes for Science and Innovation .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - After accounting for workforce growth, salary growth largely matched inflation, with little to no growth in inflation ‑adjusted wages for core ‑funded employees over the past decade. Rising Pension Costs Are Due to Both Workforce Expansion and Rate Increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2019-20 Budget: Creating an Integrated Education Data System

May 6, 2019 - A federated system requires the segments to perform a data match every time a query is made —requiring them to respond to every individual data request. With a data warehouse, once the data are uploaded and matched, the data are available for staff to respond to any number of queries simultaneously.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4026

Addressing Capital Renewal at UC and CSU

Jan 5, 2023 - They also may use their reserves to provide matching funds for a major project financed through university bonds. (CSU encourages campuses to cover about 10  percent of the cost of these projects using reserves.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4657

The 2019-20 May Revision: Analysis of the May Revision Education Proposals

May 15, 2019 - As a rough rule of thumb, we think a $2 nonstate match for every $1 of General Fund would be reasonable. That is, UC would match the Governor ’s proposed $25 million one-time General Fund with $50 million one-time nonstate funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4048