The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - To balance the 2024-25 budget, the state authorized reductions in most agencies ’ state operations funding. Specifically, most agencies were subject to reductions of up to 7.95  percent, in addition to having certain vacant positions eliminated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

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

Mar 10, 2025 - As Figure  5 shows, after adjusting for inflation, total core funding per student in 2024 ‑25 is similar to what it was in 2015 ‑16. In 2024 ‑25, state support makes up one ‑third of CLSF ’s core funding, compared to just over one ‑fifth a decade ago.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - State law declares that it is in the best interest of the public and the state for public libraries to exist and receive “adequate financial support from government at all levels. ” State law does not provide a clear definition of what constitutes adequate financial support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - The primary reason for the decline in the tuition share is that UC generally held its tuition charges flat from 2011 ‑12 through 2021 ‑22. During this period, UC increased its systemwide tuition charges only once.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - We recommend the Legislature request the department to answer, at a minimum, the following  questions: What workload is CSAC currently unable to  cover? What are the programmatic implications of not being able to perform this work?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - The Common ERP project has not undergone a comparable planning process, and the documentation currently available on this project is not equivalent to what the Legislature typically receives for other state IT  projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Before accounting for discretionary choices, the budget position under the administration ’s estimates is similar to what it was under our November estimates. That is, both of our offices have assessed that the budget is roughly balanced.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - In CCC ’s most recent five-year capital outlay plan, modernization projects account for about 80  percent of the capital outlay needs identified for 2025-26 through 2029-30, while growth projects account for only about 20  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - As a narrower needs ‑based program, the Cal Grant program is designed to help those students most at risk of not being able to enroll in and complete college due to financial  issues. Non ‑Proposition   98 Augmentations Come at the Expense of Other Priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957