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 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: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - Retiring the payment deferral would return CSU’s state payments to their regular schedule, eliminate the associated debt obligation, and reduce state budgetary pressures in the out‑years. Recommend Removing Out ‑Year Commitments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - As of the Governor ’s budget, all but two of these projects were scheduled to complete working drawings in 2026-27, with the remaining projects expected to do so by August 2027. Assuming no project delays emerge this spring, we have no concerns with the proposed funding for these continuing projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

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

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - This would restore the state ’s community college apportionments payments to their regular schedule and reduce future cost pressures. We  recommend prioritizing funding next for deferred maintenance projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2021-22 Budget: University Capital Outlay

Mar 5, 2021 - The universities, particularly CSU, also encourage campuses to provide a small campus match from their reserve funds to support their academic facility projects.) Review Process Designed to Give Legislature Opportunity to Assess Proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4395

The 2024-25 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 5, 2024 - Resident tuition is scheduled to increase by $2,352 (5  percent), reaching $49,383  in 2024 ‑25. The nonresident supplemental tuition charge is also scheduled to increase for the third consecutive year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4875

The 2023-24 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 8, 2023 - Resident tuition is scheduled to increase by $2,240 (5  percent), reaching $47,031 in 2023 ‑24. The nonresident supplemental tuition charge is also scheduled to increase for the second consecutive year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4732

The 2021-22 Budget: “Cradle to Career” Data System

Mar 26, 2021 - These documents can give the Legis lature a better understanding of, and more confidence in, the project cost, schedule, and scope prior to approving funding through the annual budget process. CDT Role Spans From Project Planning to Approval and Oversight.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409