The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - Adding a sunset date would provide the Legislature the opportunity to reevaluate the fee structure and make modifications. Historically, the state has set a sunset date of January 1, five years after the account is reauthorized.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Figure 2 Governor ’s Budget Funds New CCC Capital Outlay Projects Proposition 2 Bond Funds (In Thousands) College $399,428 $747,686 a Community college districts issue local general obligation bonds to pay for a share of project costs. b Replacement buildings listed in this category involve adding space. c Center operated by Sequoias Community College District.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - For Cal Grant recipients (who already have their tuition, and, in some cases, a portion of their nontuition costs covered), MCS provides ad ditional aid for nontuition costs. Though less notable given relative magnitude, the revamped program also expanded eligibility to CCC students in bachelor ’s degree programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2025-26 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 10, 2025 - The school historically has funded its housing and parking programs through user charges. The state recently departed from this longstanding practice for the McAllister Tower project. In fall 2022, CLSF applied to the state to receive funding for the McAllister Tower project as part of the state ’s new Student Housing Grant Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways

Nov 7, 2024 - Like other UC campus housing programs, UC Merced ’s housing program was entirely self ‑supported (that  is, funded from user fees) from its inception through 2022 ‑23. State Recently Approved Funding for Additional Academic and Student Housing Projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - The new framework goes beyond the GI 2025 objectives of increasing graduation rates and closing equity gaps by adding new objectives and several new metrics. One  notable new objective is ensuring all students are able to graduate with a first career job or pathway to graduate education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - Of the three earnings measures, this one arguably comes closest to reflecting the added value of college. All regions saw improvements in this measure between 2015 ‑16 and 2022 ‑23. For  example, in the San Diego/Imperial region, CTE students who last enrolled in 2015 ‑16 saw a median earnings increase of 20  percent, while CTE students who last enrolled in 2022 ‑23 saw a median earnings increase of 30   percent —an improvement of 10  percentage points over the period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2022-23 Budget: California State Library

Feb 18, 2022 - Lack of User and Outcome Data Also Poses Risks. The Legislature might be willing to fund a particularly high ‑cost program if it had been shown to provide underserved or historically disadvantaged populations with particularly good employment outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4549

The 2021-22 Budget: Various CSU Proposals

Mar 9, 2021 - More Information Needed on Added Benefits of Proposed Flexibility. The main difference between the internal borrowing option authorized under current law and the Governor ’s proposed flexibility is that the latter would not require that transferred funds be repaid.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4399

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - A Data/Customer Support AGPA who will be responsible for data analysis and customer support, including tasks such as responding to program inquiries, troubleshooting user-experience issues, and analyzing participation and account data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035