The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - The additional care economy professionals created as a result of the proposed package ’s education and training augmentations will take some time to materialize. While this may help the state meet projected shortfalls of care economy providers in the future, it will likely not provide immediate relief for workforce shortages to the extent they persist now.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - Some of these actions could affect students —leaving them potentially with larger classes, fewer course offerings, and student support services that could take longer to access. In turn, some students could take longer to graduate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - In 2025 ‑26, the state deferred a $130  million General Fund payment from 2025 ‑26 to 2026 ‑27, while allowing UC to take a no ‑interest General Fund cash loan to cover costs in the meantime. UC requested and received this cash loan in fall 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2024-25 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 21, 2024 - Similar to other education segments, community college districts generally also expect to see higher costs in 2024 ‑25 for health care premiums, insurance, equipment, supplies, and utilities. Health care costs are the largest of these remaining cost pressures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4853

The 2021-22 Budget: UC Programs in Medical Education

Feb 26, 2021 - The Governor ’s proposal highlights several longstanding health care issues in California. Research suggests that California could face a shortage of physicians in the future, particularly for primary care physicians.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4389

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - The Governor proposes $750  million for the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to provide grants to counties for the acquisition and rehabilitation of properties to expand behavioral health treatment resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major CCC Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Enrollment drops nationally and in California have been attributed to various factors, including more student ‑parents staying home to provide child care, public health concerns, and disinterest among some students to taking courses online.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4531

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - CCC faculty receive a certain number of flex days so they can take time outside of teaching to pursue professional development activities, including developing new course designs, tools, and materials.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Higher Education Budget Proposals

Jan 26, 2022 - For this analysis, we assume annual salary growth of approximately 3  percent, growth in annual health care costs of 5  percent, and growth in OE &E of approximately 3.5  percent, together with estimated changes in CSU ’s and UC ’s pension and debt ‑service costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4499

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - Rather, in the coming months and years, the state will likely have to take significant action to reduce spending on existing ongoing programs, raise additional tax revenues, or find other budget ‑balancing solutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112