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: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - The State Library notes that given the small size of its security team, it will prioritize upgrading its cybersecurity defense systems in the short run. It n otes that putting up an upgraded firewall will be the most effective action that can be immediately taken to prevent cyberattacks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

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

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - Outside of government and health care, the state has added no jobs over the past 18 months. Similarly, the number of Californians who are unemployed is 25  percent higher than during the strong labor markets of 2019 and 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

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 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - When the state has added new authorized positions, it has added associated funding. For example, in 2023‑24, the state augmented CSAC’s state operations budget $1.1 million for the additional positions, along with a few hundreds of thousands of dollars for other things (new high school toolkits and additional Cash for College efforts).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

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

Nov 7, 2024 - UC Riverside and UC San Diego, however, each added nearly as many students over the same period, growing by about 7,300 and 7,100 resident undergraduate students, respectively. Adding Capacity at UC Merced Has Been Relatively Costly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - Effects on Segments Regular Cost Pressures Are Adding to Segments ’ Fiscal Challenges. CSU ’s and UC ’s fiscal issues are being made more challenging because they, like community colleges, continue to  face all of their typical cost pressures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957

The 2022-23 Budget: California State Library

Feb 18, 2022 - We recommend approving the proposed digitization activities but adding reporting to enhance legislative oversight. We recommend rejecting the online job training initiative given the limited data around costs, participation, and outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4549