The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Of the project proposals that districts submitted for 2026-27, 7 out of 27 eligible modernization projects (26  percent) are included in the Governor ’s budget, compared to 3 out of 8 eligible growth projects (38  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - In 2020, Learning Lab entered into an agreement with the Foundation for California Community Colleges (the Foundation) for certain administrative services and staffing support. Currently, Learning Lab has five program staff employed by the Foundation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - In 2020‑21 and 2021‑22, the state applied certain supplemental payments towards CalPERS costs, which lowered rates to 29 percent. Since then, rates have generally stabilized around 32 percent. Spending Increases for Financial Aid Are Primarily Due to Tuition Increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - (In 2020 ‑21, the state did not provide a COLA for any CCC programs because it anticipated a significant budget shortfall due to the pandemic.) The state has also provided a COLA for certain other categorical programs in one or two of these years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - At the time the new scoring system was adopted in September 2020, the allocation of funding between modernization projects (65  percent) and growth projects (35  percent) generally reflected the system ’s identified capital outlay needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - As Figure   8 shows, salaries and benefits accounted for about three ‑fourths of UC spending in 2024 ‑25. Over the past decade, the share of spending devoted to compensation has increased, rising from 65   percent in 2015 ‑16.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2024-25 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 5, 2024 - As Figure  4 shows, CLSF enrollment remained nearly flat from 2015 ‑16 through 2020 ‑21. CLSF then experienced two years of notable growth —with enrollment increasing 16  percent in 2021 ‑22, followed by 5.1  percent  in  2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4875

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - In 2024 ‑25, UC estimates its total debt service costs are further increasing by $8  million (2  percent), altogether reaching $469  million. UC Has Large Seismic Safety and Capital Renewal Backlogs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2023-24 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 8, 2023 - It is set to grow by $514  (8  percent), reaching $6,934 in 2023 ‑24. UC Law SF Anticipates Enrolling More Students in 2023 ‑24. The school is planning for continued enrollment growth in both its JD and master ’s programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4732

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

Nov 7, 2024 - The 2020 LRDP further lowered the campus ’s enrollment targets. (Unlike earlier LRDPs which tended to set annual targets, the 2020 LRDP set enrollment targets for only 2020 ‑21 and 2030 ‑31.) UC Merced fell short of its 2020 ‑21 target (9,700 FTE students) by 515 FTE  students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937