The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Sep 6, 2024 - Universities Base Funding Increases for Universities in 2024‑25, Decreases in 2025‑26. The budget plan increases base General Fund support for the University of California (UC) and the California State University (CSU) by a total of $468 million (approximately 5 percent) in 2024‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4922

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 16, 2023 - Higher Education State Increases Base Funding for Universities ’ Core Operations. The 2023 ‑24 budget includes a total of $443  million to provide 5  percent unrestricted General Fund base augmentations to the University of California (UC) and the California State University (CSU).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4788

The 2025-26 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 17, 2025 - These measures require additional budget solutions to maintain budget balance and include: Partially Reversing Funding Reductions for the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5044

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 16, 2025 - University Payment Deferrals ($274 Million). The budget defers University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) payments that otherwise would have been made in May to June or July.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5079

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - All of projects UC originally proposed this year ended up being authorized by the state. A list of all these projects is on our EdBudget website. To finance the projects, UC will sell university bonds and pay the associated debt service using its state General Fund appropriation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/5

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 12, 2022 - Higher Education Base Funding Increases for Universities ’ Core Operations.   The spending plan provides the California State University (CSU) and the University of California (UC) with 5   percent increases to their base General Fund support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4616

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - UC estimates the annual debt service for these projects to be $7.2  million. To finance these projects, UC will sell university bonds and then pay the associated debt service using its main state General Fund appropriation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/5

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - University of California Total UC Spending of $28.7  Billion. Of total UC spending, about one –quarter is covered by state General Fund ($3.5  billion) and student tuition revenue ($3.2  billion) combined.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/5

The 2017-18 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2017 - Universities No Notable Changes in Governor ’s Budgetary Approach for Universities. The Governor ’s budget reflects the same basic approach to building University of California ’s (UC) and California State University ’s (CSU) budgets as proposed in the past several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3528

The 2016-17 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2015 - Universities State Has Two Public University Systems. The University of California (UC) educates about 248,000 full –time equivalent undergraduate and graduate students at ten campuses. The California State University (CSU) educates about 378,000 full –time equivalent undergraduate and graduate students at 23 campuses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3305