The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - P = preliminary plans and W = working drawings. Governor Also Proposes Continuing All New Projects Funded Last Year. As Figure  3 shows, the Governor also proposes to continue funding for all 29 capital outlay projects initiated in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2021-22 Budget: Hastings College of the Law

Feb 22, 2021 - In addition to drawing down its core reserves, Hastings reports taking some other actions to mitigate the impacts on its budget. For example, the school reports laying off some core ‑funded employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4383

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - UC ’s ongoing core funding primarily consists of state General Fund and tuition and fees, with smaller shares from lottery funds and federal contract and grant overhead. State General Fund support has fluctuated over time —generally rising during economic expansions and falling during recessions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

Trends in Higher Education: Student Access

Jan 23, 2024 - In compiling the series, we draw primarily from data sources at the federal, state, and segment levels, as these sources tend to contain the most relevant, accurate, and complete data available on higher education policy and fiscal issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4828

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

Mar 10, 2025 - The  small amount of remaining core funding comes from various sources, including the State Lottery Fund, certain investment earnings, and income from scholarly publications. Beyond core funding, CLSF receives noncore funding from certain self ‑supporting programs (including its housing and parking programs).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - P = preliminary plans; W = working drawings; STEM = science, technology, engineering, and mathematics PC = performance criteria; and C = construction. Governor Also Proposes Funding Two Continuing Capital Outlay Projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major UC Proposals

Feb 2, 2022 - Historically, the state has expected UC to draw its freshman admits from the top 12.5  percent of the state ’s high school graduates. As we have noted in previous analyses, UC has been found to be drawing from beyond these pools in recent years and likely will continue to do so.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4511

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Unfortunately, available data is not granular enough to draw clear conclusions. Data on Cost ‑Effectiveness of GI Activities Correspondingly Is Not Available. Without required reporting on how much campuses are spending on particular GI 2025 activities and how many and which students are using them, the Legislature cannot know which activities are most cost ‑effective.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - Two of the campaigns focused on broad advertising and included activities such as video advertisements, display banners, and audio streaming with messaging about the program to reach a wide audience.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

The 2021-22 Budget: Various CSU Proposals

Mar 9, 2021 - However, the proposed langua ge explicitly excludes tuition revenue (the main source of balances in the core operating account) and lottery revenue. In contrast to current law, funds transferred under the proposed language would not need to be repaid.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4399