The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - As Figure  1 shows, expenditures from the BPPE Fund have exceeded revenues annually beginning in 2014-15. This trend is counter to the typical expectation that regulatory agencies ’ fees cover their costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - The supplemental rate for nonresident undergraduates (which is in addition to the base rate for resident students) is set at $39,270. The supplemental rate rises by $1,668 (4.4  percent) from 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - Though the upfront costs can be high, the federal and state governments tend to value R &D given that so many people potentially can benefit from new discoveries and technologies. Moreover, climate change R &D could be viewed as particularly warranted in California because the state has set its own GHG reduction goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - As Figure 6 shows, more than one ‑third of UC campus employees in 2023 ‑24 served in academic positions, with the remainder serving in various nonacademic positions. Nonacademic positions include managers, program directors, and support staff serving in many areas, including maintenance, food services, student advising and counseling, human resources, budget, accounting, and information technology, among  others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - All newborns receive seed deposits regardless of their families ’ financial need. Originally $25, seed deposits for newborns are now $100. The state is providing $45  million General Fund annually to pay for these seed deposits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - As Figure  7 shows, state funding for universities over the last several years has been volatile. From 2019 ‑20 through 2024 ‑25, ongoing General Fund support for UC and CSU has seen annual increases as high as 16  percent and annual declines as deep as 8  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Setting GI 2025 targets heightened public attention on CSU’s performance. In doing so, the CSU system and each of its campuses felt greater institutional accountability to demonstrate improved outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

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

Nov 7, 2024 - As Figure  15 shows, UC Merced also has fallen short of the enrollment targets it established in 2013. The 2020 LRDP further lowered the campus ’s enrollment targets. (Unlike earlier LRDPs which tended to set annual targets, the 2020 LRDP set enrollment targets for only 2020 ‑21 and 2030 ‑31.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - The Chancellor ’s Office has chosen to implement SWP using a set of existing consortia it created in the 1990s to review new CTE program curricula. Figure  3 shows these eight consortia. Beyond SWP funding, these consortia receive EWD funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - The state sets each of the fee rates in statute. It periodically adjusts the rates, typically in response to rising court costs. In 2024, the state charged a $605 filing fee to seek an appeal or writ from a Court of Appeal and a $540 filing fee to seek a writ from the Supreme Court.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013