Update on Student Housing Assistance

May 7, 2024 - Of the 342 students who enrolled in the rapid rehousing program across the first two years of implementation, CSU reports that 173 students (51  percent) moved into permanent housing. CSU indicates it considers students to have moved into permanent housing once they are paying for their own housing independently from the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4898

The 2025-26 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 10, 2025 - While resident CLSF JD tuition was about 5  percent below the resident tuition levels of UC ’s JD programs from 2012 ‑13 through 2018 ‑19, it was 15  percent below in 2024 ‑25. CLSF Provides Student Financial Aid.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - While  the composition of the workforce has not changed much from 2014 ‑15 through 2023 ‑24, the most pronounced change has been in the share of managers, which has grown from 7  percent to 10  percent of the total workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2025-26 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco [Publication Details]

Mar 10, 2025 - This brief analyzes the Governor’s budget proposals for College of the Law, San Francisco (CLSF). In 2025‑26, CLSF would receive $101 million in total core funding, reflecting a $15 million (17 percent) increase from 2024‑25. Both of CLSF’s main sources of core funding would increase, with tuition revenue projected to increase $4.3 million (7.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5014

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - As Figure  12 shows, the number of incarcerated students enrolled at the community colleges has increased over the past decade —from about 2,200 FTE students in 2014 ‑15 to about 7,100 FTE students in 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - Under the old scoring system, gymnasium projects (along with projects relating to child development facilities, performing arts facilities, and certain other noninstructional facilities) were in a separate category eligible for up to 15  percent of available funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - As Figure  8 shows, the number of authorized permanent positions at CSAC increased from 114.5 in 2014 ‑15 to 153.5 positions in 2024 ‑25. Many of CSAC ’s new positions in recent years have been to support administrative workload associated with program expansions, along with additional cybersecurity, research, and policy support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways

Nov 7, 2024 - Despite the downward revision, UC Merced still fell short of meeting the revised 2014 ‑15 target —missing it by 414 FTE students. As Figure  15 shows, UC Merced also has fallen short of the enrollment targets it established in 2013.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - In fall 2019 (the year just before the pandemic), the gap in success rates between in ‑person and correspondence courses was 15  percentage points. The gap shrunk temporarily during the pandemic as success rates for in ‑person courses declined as a result of disruptions to in ‑person  programming.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

Update on Community College Reserves

Jan 27, 2021 - All but 1 of the 15 districts reported having a local unrestricted reserve policy. Two of the 15 districts had a local policy of holding unrestricted reserves of 5  percent of annual unrestricted expenditures, the same as the Chancellor ’s Office ’s systemwide guidance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4323