The 2023-24 Budget: University of California

Feb 15, 2023 - If a campus has more transfer applicants than slots, it uses UC ’s comprehensive review policy to select students for admissions. (This process is very similar to the process used when a campus has more freshman applicants than slots.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4684

The 2024-25 Budget: University of California

Feb 28, 2024 - Each of the three campuses made progress toward lowering its nonresident enrollment and increasing its resident enrollment. UC San Diego made the most progress, accounting for 43  percent of the reduction in nonresident enrollment across the three campuses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4862

The 2024-25 Budget: California State Library

Mar 13, 2024 - The second round consisted of 33 award winners, with associated General Fund costs totaling $172  million. Per-project award amounts in the second round ranged from just over $13,000 to $10  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4882

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - In 2025‑26, the three campuses combined made no net progress toward the lower cap. In 2026‑27, if UC resumes progress toward the lower cap based upon actions it already has taken, the Legislature could begin funding the associated cost on an ongoing basis once its fiscal condition improves.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

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

Nov 7, 2024 - Consequently, adding enrollment slots at UC Merced has been costlier than adding slots at the other UC campuses. In 2022 ‑23, UC Merced received $85  million in state per ‑student funding above the level it would have generated under the rebenching formula had it been any other UC general campus with a comparable student body.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - In addition, the 2021 ‑22 budget provided HCAI  with $60  million General Fund to support the Song ‑Brown Program, intended to increase the number of primary care providers statewide by funding primary care residency training slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - This work includes developing requests for proposals, evaluating project proposals, executing grant agreements, monitoring project progress, and closing out grants upon their expiration. Program staff also coordinate special initiatives and activities such as hosting intersegmental meetings, overseeing the public resource library, and writing annual reports.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - To mitigate this issue, we recommend the Legislature adopt provisional budget language earmarking some share of any approved base increase for capital renewal projects to help campuses make progress on def erred maintenance and critical facility renewals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Based on the outcomes data, campuses appear to have compromised progress on some program objectives in order to make progress on other program objectives. CSU ’s Allocation Formula Has Been Inconsistent and Not Tightly Linked With Core Objectives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Because demand for a CCC education generally outstrips the number of in ‑person slots, colleges must decide which incarcerated people have enrollment priority. Enrollment priority is determined by each college.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913