The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - The total cost across all project phases is $1.6  billion, with the state covering $764  million (48  percent) and districts covering $834  million (52  percent). As of the Governor ’s budget, all but two of these projects were scheduled to complete working drawings in 2026-27, with the remaining projects expected to do so by August 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - Over the past few years, the state approved $1.6  billion in new UC projects, including certain student housing projects as well as new medical education buildings and other expansion projects at the Merced and Riverside campuses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - Systemwide, very little (1.6  percent in 2023 ‑24, less than six days of reserves) is earmarked for this purpose. The remainder is committed to various planned activities, including faculty recruitment, capital outlay planning, and launching new academic  programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Savings Proposals Generates $1.6 Billion School and Community College Settle‑Up Obligation in 2024‑25. The Governor’s budget proposes providing $1.6 billion less in total funding for schools and community colleges than the estimated constitutional minimum funding level for 2024‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 Budget: California State University

Feb 7, 2023 - New resident student headcount decreased by 6.8  percent compared to the previous year in fall 2021, and then decreased an additional 1.6  percent in fall 2022. These smaller cohorts will remain at CSU in 2023 ‑24, leading to smaller cohorts of continuing  students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4671

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - This amount equates to six days of operations (or 1.6 percent of total annual core operating expenditures). CSU’s reserve levels are lower than CSU’s reserve policy, which stipulates that reserves cover between three and six months of operating expenses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - The total cost across all phases of these projects is $1.6  billion, with the state covering $729  million (46  percent) and districts covering $842  million (54  percent). Of these projects, 17 are modernization projects, 8 are growth projects, and 4 are life safety projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2023-24 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 16, 2022 - Our outlook accounts for these changes with a $1.6  billion (2.2  percent) downward adjustment to LCFF costs in 2023 ‑24. This  adjustment builds upon our lower revised estimate of LCFF costs in 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4648

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The Governor ’s budget proposes a total of $4.9  billion from the General Fund —$3.3  billion in 2021 ‑22 and $1.6  billion in 2022 ‑ 23 —to support various transportation projects, including transit and intercity rail, active transportation, and climate adaptation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2023-24 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 22, 2023 - Entering 2021 ‑22, the Chancellor ’s Office reported a systemwide deferred maintenance backlog of about $1.6   billion. The Chancellor ’s Office has not provided an update on the size of the backlog based on the last two years of funding (plus local spending on projects).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4695