September 2026
Universities
Changes in University of California General Fund Spending
Reflects September Budget Plan, 2026-27 (In Millions)
| 2025-26 Revised Spending | $4,902 |
| Ongoing Spending | |
| Base increase (5 percent) | $249 |
| Base restorationa | 126 |
| Base increase (2 percent delayed from 2025-26) | 94 |
| Nonresident enrollment replacementb | 61 |
| Division of Agriculture and Natural Resourcesc | 10 |
| Subtotal | ($541) |
| One-time Spendingd | |
| Innovative Genomics Institute | $25 |
| California Local News Fellowshipse | 23 |
| Student basic needs, housing, and disability services | 20 |
| UC and CSU Collaborative for Neurodiversity and Learningf | 16 |
| California Institutes for Science and Innovationg | 15 |
| Climate Change Research Institute | 15 |
| Jordan Syndrome research | 13 |
| Firefighter Cancer Research Program | 10 |
| Cal-Bridge STEM program | 9 |
| UC San Francisco Dyslexia Center | 8 |
| Faculty Start-up and Retention Program | 5 |
| UCLA Center for Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy | 5 |
| UC Degree Plus | 5 |
| Voting Rights Project | 5 |
| South San Diego bachelor's degree program | 5 |
| UCLA (unspecified purpose) | 5 |
| UC San Diego PrimeRx | 4 |
| Menopause Centers | 3 |
| Central Coast PRIME | 3 |
| UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies | 3 |
| Hematologic Malignancies Consortium | 3 |
| UC Berkeley ACCESS (Optometry) | 2 |
| First Start Academies for foster youth | 2 |
| Center for Race and Democracy Studies | 2 |
| UC Berkeley IGS Library Digitization | 1 |
| UCLA CalKIDS Institute | 1 |
| California Institute on Law, Neuroscience, and Education | 1 |
| ENLACE STEM summer research program | 1 |
| UC Berkeley Latinxs and the Environment Initiative | 1 |
| UC Berkeley AAPI Data Research | 1 |
| UC Davis Redwood SEED Scholars | 1 |
| UC Davis DART Laboratory | 0.3 |
| UC Santa Cruz Seymour Marine Discovery Center | 0.2 |
| UCLA CalFresh Enrollment Accelerator | 0.2 |
| Subtotal | ($213) |
| Other Adjustments | |
| Technical correction | $86 |
| Removal of 2025-26 one-time funding | -90 |
| Shift of debt service for capital projecth | -8 |
| Subtotal | -($12) |
| Total Changes | $742 |
| 2026-27 Enacted Spending | $5,644 |
| a The 2025-26 Budget Act included a payment deferral from 2025-26 to 2026-27. The 2026-27 budget restores UC's base funding so that the size of the deferral does not grow. | |
| b Consists of $30 million for 2026-27 and $31 million delayed from 2025–26. | |
| c The 2026-27 budget redirects a share of each of UC's base increases to ANR. ANR receives 2.1 percent of UC's base funding increases. | |
| d Includes reappropriated funds. Reflects UC's estimates of remaining funds available for each applicable initiative. | |
| e Consists of $7.9 million in reappropriated funds and $15 million in new funds. | |
| f Consists of $8.1 million in reappropriated funds and $7.5 million in new funds. | |
| g Consists of $9.9 million in reappropriated funds and $5 million in new funds. | |
| h Reflects removal of $8.1 million from UC's budget relating to an intersegmental UC Santa Cruz and Cabrillo College student housing project. The project is funded instead with Proposition 2 communitiy college funds. | |
| UC = University of Calfiornia. CSU = California State University. STEM =science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. PRIME = Programs in Medical Education. ACCESS = Advance Career and Clinical Education in Support of Students. IGS = Institute of Governmental Studies. CalKIDS = the California Kids Investment and Development Savings Program. AAPI = Asian American and Pacific Islander. SEED = Supported Education to Elevate Diversity. DART = Davis Arbovirus Research and Training. | |