The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Introduction Post Focuses on Community College Capital Outlay Projects. In this post, we first provide background on facilities and capital outlay financing at CCC. We then describe the Governor ’s proposals to provide Proposition  2 bond funding for many new and continuing CCC capital outlay projects, assess those proposals, and provide an associated recommendation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities [Publication Details]

Mar 17, 2026 - This post assesses the Governor’s proposals to fund the second batch of community college capital outlay projects under Proposition 2, an education facilities bond.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - Recommend Earmarking a Share of Any Ongoing Base Increase for Capital Outlay. If  CSU were to receive a base General Fund increase and designate none of it for capital improvements, its backlog would continue to grow, and facility conditions would worsen.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - Recommend Earmarking a Share of Any Ongoing Base Increase for Capital Outlay. If UC were to receive a base General Fund increase and designate none of it for capital improvements, its facility conditions would worsen and backlog of projects would continue to grow.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - In addition to this mandatory withdrawal, the Governor ’s budget also includes mandatory deposits into the reserve in 2024 ‑25 and 2025 ‑26 due to higher estimated capital gains revenue, as well as a discretionary deposit in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - If further one ‑time funding becomes available, we recommend designating it for capital renewal and seismic safety projects at CSU and UC (similar to the Governor ’s approach for CCC this year). CSU and UC have billions of dollars of outstanding projects in these areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112