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General Purpose Funds State General Funds and Local Property Tax revenues used for ongoing operations. This data is from Fiscal Profiles Display 21. The numbers do not include Federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding of $716.5 million in fiscal year 08-09 and $106.5 million in 10-11 each for both CSU and UC.
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| Year | University of California |
California State University |
Community Colleges (State) |
Community Colleges (Local) |
| 1965-66 | $ 204,270 | $ 136,624 | $ 72,450 | $ 127,000 |
| 1966-67 | $ 242,993 | $ 167,705 | $ 71,000 | $ 149,000 |
| 1967-68 | $ 243,762 | $ 192,689 | $ 91,846 | $ 202,880 |
| 1968-69 | $ 290,546 | $ 237,549 | $ 105,400 | $ 245,684 |
| 1969-70 | $ 329,334 | $ 284,963 | $ 126,800 | $ 295,767 |
| 1970-71 | $ 337,079 | $ 305,132 | $ 162,600 | $ 323,679 |
| 1971-72 | $ 335,578 | $ 316,250 | $ 203,149 | $ 339,585 |
| 1972-73 | $ 384,705 | $ 373,180 | $ 220,639 | $ 384,898 |
| 1973-74 | $ 445,910 | $ 428,919 | $ 348,577 | $ 399,937 |
| 1974-75 | $ 514,566 | $ 481,546 | $ 428,928 | $ 456,126 |
| 1975-76 | $ 585,461 | $ 537,990 | $ 491,325 | $ 494,000 |
| 1976-77 | $ 683,742 | $ 604,833 | $ 576,994 | $ 560,027 |
| 1977-78 | $ 737,498 | $ 666,072 | $ 489,374 | $ 745,270 |
| 1978-79 | $ 767,050 | $ 682,983 | $ 795,265 | $ 332,135 |
| 1979-80 | $ 901,951 | $ 814,453 | $ 1,000,096 | $ 240,104 |
| 1980-81 | $ 1,074,584 | $ 952,052 | $ 1,093,527 | $ 325,000 |
| 1981-82 | $ 1,097,293 | $ 955,683 | $ 1,072,948 | $ 396,400 |
| 1982-83 | $ 1,125,425 | $ 907,338 | $ 1,076,836 | $ 390,100 |
| 1983-84 | $ 1,110,012 | $ 949,984 | $ 1,084,825 | $ 399,354 |
| 1984-85 | $ 1,457,144 | $ 1,142,928 | $ 1,134,736 | $ 432,186 |
| 1985-86 | $ 1,641,741 | $ 1,258,499 | $ 1,195,461 | $ 497,625 |
| 1986-87 | $ 1,788,304 | $ 1,345,175 | $ 1,244,484 | $ 544,862 |
| 1987-88 | $ 1,888,872 | $ 1,423,010 | $ 1,329,716 | $ 603,879 |
| 1988-89 | $ 1,970,047 | $ 1,503,854 | $ 1,469,115 | $ 653,580 |
| 1989-90 | $ 2,076,662 | $ 1,631,540 | $ 1,554,615 | $ 715,692 |
| 1990-91 | $ 2,135,733 | $ 1,653,399 | $ 1,734,871 | $ 791,021 |
| 1991-92 | $ 2,105,560 | $ 1,634,366 | $ 1,696,986 | $ 831,281 |
| 1992-93 | $ 1,878,531 | $ 1,490,055 | $ 1,519,376 | $ 1,010,273 |
| 1993-94 | $ 1,793,236 | $ 1,452,290 | $ 1,164,418 | $ 1,278,475 |
| 1994-95 | $ 1,825,402 | $ 1,578,128 | $ 1,168,280 | $ 1,332,031 |
| 1995-96 | $ 1,917,696 | $ 1,629,674 | $ 1,338,375 | $ 1,348,113 |
| 1996-97 | $ 2,057,257 | $ 1,810,062 | $ 1,791,147 | $ 1,335,676 |
| 1997-98 | $ 2,180,350 | $ 1,872,390 | $ 2,037,608 | $ 1,422,676 |
| 1998-99 | $ 2,517,773 | $ 2,098,729 | $ 2,209,149 | $ 1,487,650 |
| 1999-00 | $ 2,715,762 | $ 2,194,060 | $ 2,310,815 | $ 1,585,317 |
| 2000-01 | $ 3,191,614 | $ 2,473,014 | $ 2,746,546 | $ 1,713,557 |
| 2001-02 | $ 3,322,659 | $ 2,607,424 | $ 2,833,654 | $ 1,854,094 |
| 2002-03 | $ 3,150,011 | $ 2,680,280 | $ 2,868,610 | $ 1,990,431 |
| 2003-04 | $ 2,868,069 | $ 2,492,021 | $ 2,404,800 | $ 2,100,441 |
| 2004-05 | $ 2,698,673 | $ 2,447,958 | $ 3,277,547 | $ 1,754,381 |
| 2005-06 | $ 2,838,567 | $ 2,597,452 | $ 3,934,491 | $ 1,800,564 |
| 2006-07 | $ 3,069,339 | $ 2,675,375 | $ 4,362,000 | $ 1,853,162 |
| 2007-08 | $ 3,257,409 | $ 2,970,706 | $ 4,452,000 | $ 1,981,503 |
| 2008-09 | $ 2,418,291 | $ 2,155,261 | $ 3,944,106 | $ 2,010,691 |
| 2009-10 | $ 2,596,066 | $ 2,350,054 | $ 3,734,374 | $ 1,953,217 |
| 2010-11 | $ 3,018,649 | $ 2,723,435 | $ 3,991,073 | $ 1,913,261 |