The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Figure 2 Governor ’s Budget Funds New CCC Capital Outlay Projects Proposition 2 Bond Funds (In Thousands) College $399,428 $747,686 a Community college districts issue local general obligation bonds to pay for a share of project costs. b Replacement buildings listed in this category involve adding space. c Center operated by Sequoias Community College District.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - Our EdBudget table, California Community Colleges Categorical Programs , lists all of these programs and their associated ongoing funding level. Underlying Costs Tend to Grow Over Time. As with apportionments, statute does not require the state to provide a COLA for any CCC  categorical program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - The administration and CSAC have provided a reasonable list of job duties and associated workload justifying the proposed position. In addition, a review by th e California Department of Technology concludes CSAC faces some IT risk.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - Annual increases are generally based on a three‑year rolling average of changes in the California Consumer Price Index, with a 5 percent cap. In November 2025, the Regents extended and revised the policy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - Outside of government and health care, the state has added no jobs over the past 18 months. Similarly, the number of Californians who are unemployed is 25  percent higher than during the strong labor markets of 2019 and 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - For Cal Grant recipients (who already have their tuition, and, in some cases, a portion of their nontuition costs covered), MCS provides ad ditional aid for nontuition costs. Though less notable given relative magnitude, the revamped program also expanded eligibility to CCC students in bachelor ’s degree programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2023-24 Budget: University of California

Feb 15, 2023 - Recommend Adding UC Merced Campus Expansion to Budget Solutions List. We recommend the Legislature further expand its budget solutions list by removing funding for the UC Merced expansion project given its lack of justification at this time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4684

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - State Added Juvenile Justice Component to Program in 2022 ‑23. The 2022 ‑23 Budget Act provided $15  million ongoing to add a new component to the Rising Scholars Network that focuses on youth impacted by the juvenile justice system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

The 2023-24 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 23, 2023 - The administration and CSAC have provided a reasonable list of job duties and associated workload justifying the t wo proposed positions. They also have provided a reasonable plan for the proposed one ‑time funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4702

The 2021-22 Budget: University Capital Outlay

Mar 5, 2021 - The provisional language in the 2019 ‑20 Budget Act focused on authorizing a “medical school project. ” Riverside ’s project focused primarily on adding more instructional space for its medical school students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4395