Topic: California Finance

Making the case for an adequacy formula to fund higher education in California

December 15, 2022

California has ambitious aims for higher education. Lawmakers established goals in the state’s education code to expand college access to more students, improve college affordability, and ensure that more students are prepared for the 21st century labor market. Achieving such goals across the state’s massive higher education system is no easy task and requires that colleges and universities have the resources necessary to meet the challenge […]

Report questions future of the California public education system

May 11, 2022

The sustainability of the state’s public education system is questioned in a new report from the Berkeley Institute for Young Americans. Part of the California 100 initiative, administered by the Goldman School of Public Policy, the report finds that long-term structural challenges in the state’s finance system, combined with flaws in education governance, threaten the long-term outlook of public education…

California 100: The Future of Education in the Golden State

May 10, 2022

This research was partially funded by California 100, a statewide initiative focused on inspiring a vision and strategy for California’s next century that is innovative, sustainable, and equitable. About the

Shows the change in net tuition vs. state appropriations

Changes in California’s Investment in Public Higher Education

October 24, 2021

We look at changes to California’s investment in public higher education across the University of California (UC), California State University (CSU), and California Community College (CCC) systems over time. We

How does California’s revenue compare to other states?

May 20, 2021

In honor of tax month, we looked at the breakdown of state and local tax revenue to see how California compares to other states. Of the categories shown in the

It's time to take a hard look at tax reform for California

It’s Time to Take a Hard Look at Tax Reform for California’s Future

April 22, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is sending shockwaves through the global and national economy, and, without a doubt, reverberations from the pandemic will have a huge impact on state budgets across the country. While the coronavirus crisis…

Pensions in the Trenches: How Pension Spending is Affecting U.S. Local Government

October 1, 2019

Many experts argue that US local governments are experiencing dramatic increases in their pension expenditures and that pension spending is crowding out government services. Others maintain that serious pension problems are limited to…

Volcker Alliance Partnership

December 1, 2018

Summary The Volcker Alliance released its second annual report comparing state budgeting practices across all 50 U.S. states. The report, Truth and Integrity in State Budgeting: Preventing the Next Fiscal