The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - As Figure   4 shows, the General Fund share of UC ’s total core funding has increased from 37   percent in 2011 ‑12 to 43   percent in 2025 ‑26. As the state share has increased, the tuition share had decreased —falling from 57   percent in 2011 ‑12 to 52   percent in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - Currently, the fund remains insolvent and is estimated to require a General Fund backfill in the tens of millions of dollars annually through 2036 ‑37 to maintain existing facility ‑related activities and to pay the debt service for completed construction  projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - These requirements were initially established by Proposition  37 (1984) and subsequently amended by the Legislature. The State Controller ’s Office allocates available lottery funding to each public education segment using a student ‑count measure —ADA for schools and full ‑time equivalent enrollment for the other segments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Short-term reductions of $37  million in 2024-25 and $26  million in 2025-26 in mental health and substance abuse services funding (resulting in a partial funding restoration in 2025-26, as shown earlier in Figure  1).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 24, 2025 - The budget provides ongoing General Fund —$37  million in 2026-27, $36  million in 2027-28, and $35  million annually beginning in 2028-29 —to backfill declines in criminal fine and fee revenue used to support BFS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

Funding for students who attend private schools or are educated at home. [Ballot]

Oct 7, 2025 - The remaining public school funding —totaling about $37  billion in 2025-26 —comes from various federal, state, and local sources. This money includes federal funds to support students with disabilities, state funds to help pay for teacher pensions, and state and local funds for building and updating school facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-014

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - Approximately 37  percent of CDPH ’s budget is for state operations, with the remainder going to LHJs. The Structure and Funding of the Public Health Laboratory System Public Health Laboratories Are a Key Component of Public Health Infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - The remaining 37 (13  percent) consisted of other types of emergencies, including those related to oil spills, snow melts, gas leaks, and tsunamis. States of Emergency Are Proclaimed Before and After Events.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - The total cost across all phases of these projects is $84  million, with the state covering $31  million (37  percent) and districts covering $53  million (63  percent). Both of these are modernization projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - For 2025-26, the Governor ’s budget includes $37  million in ongoing state operations funding for the State Library and $30  million in ongoing local assistance funding. The Governor ’s budget also includes $78  million one-time General Fund, nearly all of which reflects carryover funds associated with one-time local assistance initiatives funded in recent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013