The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - The measure does not specify how the funds are to be allocated among these specific purposes. In addition to this state general obligation bond, voters in the same election approved 14 local general obligation bonds totaling $9.9  billion for community college facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - UC Has Large Seismic Safety and Capital Renewal Backlogs. Of the state ‑supported academic facility projects UC has undertaken since 2013 ‑14, nearly $1.2  billion has been for seismic safety and capital renewal projects (including major renovations, building replacements, and infrastructure improvements).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

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

Mar 10, 2025 - The remainder of the school ’s operating costs includes operating equipment and expenses (utilities, rent, and supplies), as well as safety and security contracts. School Is Operating From a Deficit Position in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - Though CSAC provided documentation showing how OE&E costs have been increasing, it did not include detail on how additional funding would be allocated to cover both rising OE&E costs and staffing shortages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - In addition, it does not specify how the Chancellor ’s Office is to allocate the funds among interested colleges, including how much grant funding each college would be eligible to receive. The administration indicates that the Chancellor ’s Office would have flexibility to make these types of decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - These include funds for water recycling, wildfire prevention activities at state parks, and dam safety activities. The proposal would then provide a like amount of funding from Proposition  4, the climate bond approved by voters in November 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - Background In this section, we provide background on the State Library ’s operations and funding, along with describing how local libraries are funded. State Library Oversees Both State Activities and Local Assistance Programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - Though the universities indicate they are still considering how they would respond to funding deferrals, they have identified the kinds of actions campuses could take in response to reductions in their state funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957