The 2024-25 Budget: California State Library

Mar 13, 2024 - Beyond these appropriations, the 2022-23 budget package included intent language to provide an additional $100  million General Fund in 2023-24 for local library infrastructure projects. Subsequently, the 2023-24 budget package delayed the additional $100  million until future years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4882

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - Without such a plan, CSU cannot be sure that the commitments will be honored, undermining the potential benefit of making the commitments in the first place. Recommendations Recommend Reducing or Eliminating Base Increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - After accounting for workforce growth, salary growth largely matched inflation, with little to no growth in inflation ‑adjusted wages for core ‑funded employees over the past decade. Rising Pension Costs Are Due to Both Workforce Expansion and Rate Increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - The compacts were intended to provide the segments with more predictable funding levels, while also promoting certain performance goals, such as enrolling more resident undergraduates and improvi ng graduation rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2022-23 Budget: Cybersecurity at the California Community Colleges

Mar 30, 2022 - In addition to the $100  million Proposition  98 General Fund, the Governor ’s budget includes a proposal to add two new positions at the Chancellor ’s Office and an associated $314,000 non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund to support CCC cybersecurity efforts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4582

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - Universities Are Not Experiencing More Predictable State Funding Levels. Despite the Governor ’s compacts and desire to provide CSU and UC with predictable annual funding increases, ongoing General Fund support for the universities has not followed such a trajectory.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - The state appropriated approximately $100  million annually over this period. In 2024 ‑25 (three years into the revamped program), the program gave awards to more than 350,000 recipients —about a seven ‑fold increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - Proposal Governor Proposes $100   Million One ‑Time General Fund for Climate ‑Related Research at UC. Proposed budget bill language states that these funds shall support “seed and matching grants ” for applied research.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

The 2021-22 Budget: California Institutes for Science and Innovation

Mar 2, 2021 - State law requires UC to match two dollars from external and nonstate sources for each dollar of state funding appropriated to the institutes. Proposal Proposes One ‑Time Funding for Education ‑Industry Partnerships.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4394

Second Round of Higher Education Federal Relief Funds

Jan 20, 2021 - These changes are intended to reduce the number of questions on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), as well as allow students to better predict their eligibility for Pell Grants. The changes are expected to increase the number of students eligible for the Pell Grant as well as the maximum Pell Grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4315