The 2024-25 Budget: California State Library

Mar 13, 2024 - The program has a local matching requirement, with grant recipients generall y required to contribute half of the funding for a project. The State Library, however, may reduce the local match if a local library demonstrates it has insufficient financial resources to meet the full matching requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4882

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 2021-22 Budget: California Institutes for Science and Innovation

Mar 2, 2021 - All campuses except UC Riverside participate in at least one institute. Each institute oversees facilities across its participating campuses that contain specialized research laboratories. Much of the research that occurs at the institutes is conducted by collaborative teams of researchers from UC and private industry.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4394

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Governor Also Proposes Continuing All New Projects Funded Last Year. As Figure  3 shows, the Governor also proposes to continue funding for all 29 capital outlay projects initiated in 2025-26. The Governor ’s budget includes $709  million Proposition  2 bond funds for the construction phase of these projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - For example, the National Science Foundation has provided grants to all three segments that focus on improving undergraduate STEM learning outcomes. Moreover, some federal grants provide opportunities for intersegmental collaboration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - (As we noted in our post, Overview of Federal COVID‑19 Research Funding , the state spends billions of dollars annually on R&D across all fields.) California Has Several Research Programs Studying Issues Related to Climate Change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - Similar to nearly all local and state entities, districts will likely face continued salary pressures in 2026 ‑27. In addition, district administrators report that health care premiums are continuing to grow faster than normal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 11, 2021 - To qualify for the grants, local libraries are required to provide a one-to-one dollar match. Libraries with fewer resources per resident in their service areas c an qualify for a smaller local match.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4461

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - The Legislature can still plan, establish performance goals, set spending priorities, make appropriations, support enrollment growth, and monitor the segments ’ outcomes —all without a Governor ’s compact.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - Across all MCS recipients, the average MCS award in 2024‑25 was $3,673—50 percent higher than in 2021‑22. In 2024‑25, the average MCS award for CSU students was 70 percent higher than it had been under the original program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127