Addressing Capital Renewal at UC and CSU

Jan 5, 2023 - These backlogs currently are estimated to total $7.3  billion at UC and $6.5  billion at CSU. No Plan Is in Place to Address Identified Capital Renewal Needs. Capital renewal spending at UC and CSU has been insufficient to keep pace with emerging needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4657

The 2023-24 Budget: Student Housing

Mar 9, 2023 - The  latest estimates show systemwide capital renewal backlogs (also known as deferred maintenance) of roughly $700  million at CCC, $6.5  billion at CSU, and $7.3  billion at UC. Unlike  self ‑supporting facilities, academic facilities traditionally have relied primarily on state funding and do not have ready access to alternate means of funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4733

Update on Student Housing Assistance

May 7, 2024 - Rather than spreading the initial $6.5  million in rapid rehousing funds across all 23 campuses, CSU chose to allocate it to a subset of campuses that would work with community partners to provide certain types of housing assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4898

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

Mar 10, 2022 - (For example , in 2020, the San Joaquin Valley had 6.5 psychiatrists per 100,000 population compared to 18.7 psychiatrists per 100,000 population in the San Francisco Bay Area.) University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) researchers also have projected —absent changes in the workforce pipeline —that the state will have half as many psychiatrists as needed by 2028.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2022-23 Budget: California State University

Feb 15, 2022 - Over the same time period, CSU has increased tuition only once, raising systemwide charges by 4.9  percent for undergraduate and teacher credential students and 6.5  percent for graduate students in  2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4537

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - On the spending side, the Governor ’s budget includes $6.5  billion in discretionary SAL ‑related exclusions. The largest of these are: $1.3  billion in funding for the School Facilities Aid Program, $1.2  billion for various transportation projects, and $545  million for clean energy and building decarbonization.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492