The Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) came out with a review of the higher education components of the governor's proposed budget for 2022-23 on Wednesday.* When the budget proposal was released, we noted that UC general fund allocations were in fact falling when you add what the governor considers basic or core funding and what he considers one-time funding. The numbers are not obscure. You can find them on page 46 of the governor/Dept. of Finance document and on our earlier budget review.** But LAO simply drops the so-called one-time funding from the analysis. (See page 3 of its Overview.)
The LAO does point out that the "compact" with the governor for multiyear gradual tuition increases at UC has to be taken with a grain of salt since past compacts with past governors haven't lasted.
Generally, LAO - as an arm of the legislature - always calls for more legislative involvement and oversight as opposed to gubernatorial involvement. The latest report is no exception.
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*https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2022/4499/higher-education-012622.pdf.
**http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-governors-budget-proposal.html.
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