California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office Budget Information
Summary information related to California Community College budgets and links to organizations that play important roles in the development and implementation of the budget

Community College League of California: Budget Advocacy Action Center
Legislative actions & analyses, district budget impact, current budget status & more

Articles on California Community Colleges & the Budget Crisis
Links to articles--updated regularly--from newspapers around the state

Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC): Budget Information

California Budget Project
Independent fiscal and policy analysis of state policy issues.

California Tax Reform Association
Advocate for fair taxes in the context of a healthy public sector.

Complete State Budget Documents from the Department of Finance

California Legislative Analyst's Office
"California's non-partisan fiscal and policy advisor"

Public Policy Institute of California report: Financing California's Community Colleges
This 2004 report describes funding trends for the CCC system & finds that CCC revenue growth has fallen behind that of other systems in both California and the rest of the nation, and that CCC's allocation system is ripe for reform. Recommends: fund CCC at level legislature guaranteed following passage of Proposition 98 & raise tuition and fees, currently the lowest in the nation, while maintaining broad access to the system through increased use of grants, tax credits & financial aid programs. Released 1-13-04.

CSU Budget Central
Latest news about the California State University system's budget situation

Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit Washington D.C. think tank, works to broaden the discussion about economic policy to include the interests of low- and middle-income workers.

Contact Your State Legislators
Look up your legislators by entering your zip code. Legislators' addresses, phone numbers and home pages are provided. Keep in mind that hand-written letters or phone calls usually receive more attention than e-mail messages.