The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - UC Spending Has Outpaced Inflation Over Past Ten Years. As Figure   7 shows, UC ’s core spending has grown faster than inflation over the past ten years. Over this period, core spending grew at an average annual rate of 4.3   percent compared to an average annual inflation rate of 3.3   percent over the same period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - The state pays costs for the employer contribution associated with CSU’s 2013‑14 payroll level. CSU pays the employer contribution for any payroll growth above that level. The state adopted this arrangement in 2013‑14 to provide CSU with a stronger fiscal incentive to contain staffing costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - Staffing Levels Have Rebounded Since Pandemic. At the start of the pandemic, community college districts decreased their staffing levels in response to steep enrollment declines. Over the past three years, however, staffing has gradually rebounded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - Of this increase, the Governor ’s budget includes $716   million for approximately 7   percent base increases ($366   million at CSU and $351   million at UC). These augmentations reflect a proposed year ‑five compact increase of 5  percent, along with a delayed partial year ‑four compact increase of 2  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - Over  the past decade, the estimated number of FTE students enrolled in CTE increased notably in five of the eight SWP regions, as Figure  7 shows. Meanwhile, CTE enrollment was about flat in two regions and declined in one region.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - While health care costs at UC are growing, these costs as a share of UC’s total core expenditures have remained fairly stable over the past decade, hovering around 7 percent. Way UC Finances Its Facilities Differs From Other State Agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

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

Mar 10, 2025 - Figure  1 shows CLSF enrollment over the past 25 years. Since 2000, CLSF enrollment peaked in 2009 at 1,336 full ‑time equivalent (FTE) students, then fell notably from 2011 ‑12 to 2015 ‑16, before leveling off for a few years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Since the start of GI 2025, 16 campuses have narrowed or eliminated the gap in four ‑year graduation rates between first ‑time Pell Grant students and their peers, while 7 campuses have widened the gap.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2024-25 Budget: California State University

Feb 15, 2024 - As Figure  6 shows, CSU ’s uncommitted core reserves have generally increased over the past five years, reaching 1.1 months of expenditures in 2022 ‑23. Nonetheless, the reserve level remains below the system ’s target.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4842

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - (For the past three years, the state has supported the program using a mix of ongoing and one ‑time General Fund.) The Governor ’s budget maintains the new budgetary approach of funding MCS awards one year in arrears.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127