Priorities

California State Assembly Democrats put out a document of priorities ahead of the governor's May Revise budget proposal that is scheduled to be unveiled May 14th.* 

Just about everything is a priority, so what the priorities are is unclear, and there are no numbers attached. (Republicans in the Assembly don't have enough seats in that chamber - or the state Senate - to matter.) 

The document does take note of the above-forecast revenues that have been coming in - and that we have previously posted about. Below is what they have to say about higher ed:

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*The full document is at https://abgt.assembly.ca.gov/system/files/2026-05/assembly-democrats-budget-road-map.pdf and the accompanying news release is at https://speaker.asmdc.org/press-releases/20260507-assembly-democrats-release-road-map-responsible-and-compassionate-budget.

Note: Yours truly will be on an airplane May 14th so reporting on the May Revise may be delayed.