Navigate the links to the Budget Process pages below to become familiar with the various aspects of campus budgeting at SF State.
Budget Timeline
The SF State, University Budget Planning Cycle activities are tied to the budget processes of the CSU system and Governor's Budget.
Our Budget Planning Cycle
The three decision processes build on one another to combine into the campus budget. To learn more about the three interconnected timelines, visit our Budget Cycles web page — part of our Budget 1O1 series.
Fiscal Year 2024–2025
November 2023
- California’s Fiscal Outlook – Legislative Analyst's Office
- CSU Budget Request – CSU Board of Trustees
December – February 2024
- SF State Campus Budget Framework – Campus Leadership
- Enrollment scenarios – Enrollment Management and Institutional Analytics
- Curriculum and classes scenarios (PT faculty pool) – Academic Resources
- Budget assumptions – Budget Administration & Operations
- State allocation and other campus mandatory fees adjustments
- Direct- salary, benefits
- Indirect -utilities, insurance, financial aid
January 2024
- Governor's budget proposal
February 2024
- Approved scenario for campus planning – CFO & President
- SF State Campus Budget Planning memo – President & CFO
- SF State Campus units develop Budget plans – Campus Planners
January – July 2024
- CSU negotiates with the State
March 2024
- Governor/Legislature negotiations
April 2024
- SF State begins budget meetings with Cabinets VPs, CFO, and President
May 2024
- Governor's Budget Revision
May – June 2024
- Governor signs final State Budget
- SF State final revised scenario — Final B-memo – Budget Administration & Operations
- SF State Working Budget approved and finalized – President and CFO
July 2024
- CSU provides campus allocations
- SF State Final Budget load in CFS – Budget Administration & Operations
September 2024
- SF State FIRMS Budget Submission to Chancellor's Office – Budget Administration & Operations
November 2023
- 2024-25 CSU's Operating Budget Request (link is external)
- Legislative Analyst's California Fiscal Outlook (link is external)
January 2024
- Governor's Proposed Budget
- Legislative Analyst's Overview of the Governor's Proposed Budget
May 2024
- Governor's May Revision
June 2024
- California's 2024-25 State Budget
| DEADLINE | ACTION ITEM |
|---|---|
| Monday, May 26th, 2025 |
Last day to submit Budget Transfer Requests (BTR) Last day to submit Labor Cost Distribution (LCD) Adjustments |
| Monday, June 16th, 2025 |
Last day to present preliminary annual CFW & Campus Reserve Plan. Please review all project IDs and close those projects that are ended or no longer needed. Reprioritize the funding for the new initiative. |
| Friday, July 18th, 2025 |
Last day to submit final annual CFW & Campus Reserve Plan. Assign new project IDs for CFW rollover from NG001, NG025, and NR101 |
| Monday, July 28th, 2025 | Upload the CFW in CFS. |
Fiscal Year 2023–2024
November 2022
- California’s Fiscal Outlook – Legislative Analyst's Office
- CSU Budget Request – CSU Board of Trustees
December – February 2023
- SF State Campus Budget Framework – Campus Leadership
- Enrollment scenarios – Enrollment Management and Institutional Analytics
- Curriculum and classes scenarios (PT faculty pool) – Academic Resources
- Budget assumptions – Budget Administration & Operations
- State allocation and other campus mandatory fees adjustments
- Direct- salary, benefits
- Indirect -utilities, insurance, financial aid
January 2023
- Governor's budget proposal
February 2023
- Approved scenario for campus planning – CFO & President
- SF State Campus Budget Planning memo – President & CFO
- SF State Campus units develop Budget plans – Campus Planners
January – July 2022
- CSU negotiates with the State
March 2023
- Governor/Legislature negotiations
April 2023
- SF State begins budget meetings with Cabinets VPs, CFO, and President
May 2023
- Governor's Budget Revision
May – June 2023
- Governor signs final State Budget
- SF State final revised scenario — Final B-memo – Budget Administration & Operations
- SF State Working Budget approved and finalized – President and CFO
July 2023
- CSU provides campus allocations
- SF State Final Budget load in CFS – Budget Administration & Operations
September 2023
- SF State FIRMS Budget Submission to Chancellor's Office – Budget Administration & Operations
November 2022
- 2023-24-CSU's Operating Budget Request
- Legislative Analyst's California Fiscal Outlook
January 2023
- Governor's Proposed Budget
- Legislative Analyst's Overview of the Governor's Proposed Budget
May 2023
- Governor's May Revision
June 2023
- California's 2022-23 State Budget
| DEADLINE | ACTION ITEM |
|---|---|
| Monday, May 27th, 2024 |
Last day to submit Budget Transfer Requests (BTR) Last day to submit Labor Cost Distribution (LCD) Adjustments |
| Monday, June 17th, 2024 |
Last day to present preliminary annual CFW & Campus Reserve Plan. Please review all project IDs and close those projects that are ended or no longer needed. Reprioritize the funding for the new initiative. |
| Friday, July 19th, 2024 |
Last day to submit final annual CFW & Campus Reserve Plan. Assign new project IDs for CFW rollover from NG001, NG025, and NR101 |
| Monday, July 29th, 2024 | Upload the CFW in CFS. |
Fiscal Year 2022–2023
November 2021
- California’s Fiscal Outlook – Legislative Analyst's Office
- CSU Budget Request – CSU Board of Trustees
December – February 2022
- SF State Campus Budget Framework – Campus Leadership
- Enrollment scenarios – Enrollment Management and Institutional Analytics
- Curriculum and classes scenarios (PT faculty pool) – Academic Resources
- Budget assumptions – Budget Administration & Operations
- State allocation and other campus mandatory fees adjustments
- Direct- salary, benefits
- Indirect-utilities, insurance, financial aid
January 2022
- Governor's budget proposal
February 2022
- Approved scenario for campus planning – CFO & President
- SF State Campus Budget Planning memo – President & CFO
- SF State Campus units develop Budget plans – Campus Planners
January – July 2022
- CSU negotiates with State
March 2022
- Governor/Legislature negotiations
April 2022
- SF State begins budget meetings with Cabinets VP’s, CFO and President
May 2022
- Governor's Budget Revision
May – June 2022
- Governor signs final State Budget
- SF State final revised scenario — Final B-memo – Budget Administration & Operations
- SF State Working Budget approved and finalized – President and CFO
July 2022
- CSU provides campus allocations
- SF State Final Budget load in CFS – Budget Administration & Operations
August 2022
- SF State uploads FIRMS Budget Submission to Chancellor's Office – Budget Administration & Operations
November 2021
- CSU's Operating Budget Request
- Legislative Analyst's California’s Fiscal Outlook (link is external) (posted 11/17/2021)
January 2022
- Governor's Proposed Budget (released on 01/10/2022)
- Legislative Analyst's Overview of the Governor's Budget (link is external) (posted 01/13/2022)
May 2022
- Governor's May Revision (link is external) (released on 05/13/2022)
- A press release from the CSU System regarding May Revision 2022 (link is external) (dated 05/13/2022)
- A message from President Mahoney regarding May Revision 2022
- Legislative Analyst's Initial Comments on Governor’s May Revision (link is external) (posted 05/16/2022)
- The Newsom Administration and the CSU reach a Multi-year Compact
June 2022
- California's 2022-23 State Budget
- Overview - coming soon
- Summary in PDF format (link is external)
- Details - coming soon
July 2022
| DEADLINE | ACTION ITEM |
|---|---|
| Friday, May 26th, 2023 |
Last day to submit Budget Transfer Requests (BTR) Last day to submit Labor Cost Distribution (LCD) Adjustments |
| Friday, June 16th, 2023 |
Last day to submit preliminary annual CFW & Campus Reserve Plan Please review all project IDs and close those projects that are ended or no longer needed. Reprioritize the funding for new initiative. |
| Friday, July 14th, 2023 |
Last day to submit final annual CFW & Campus Reserve Plan Assign new project IDs for CFW roll over from NG001, NG025 and NR101 |
| Friday, July 28th, 2023 | Upload the CFW in CFS |
Fiscal Year 2021–2022
November 2020
- California’s Fiscal Outlook – Legislative Analyst's Office
- CSU Budget Request – CSU Board of Trustees
December – February 2021
- SF State Campus Budget Framework – Campus Leadership
- Enrollment scenarios – Enrollment Management and Institutional Analytics
- Curriculum and classes scenarios (PT faculty pool) – Academic Resources
- Budget assumptions – Budget Administration & Operations
- State allocation and other campus mandatory fees adjustments
- Direct- salary, benefits
- Indirect-utilities, insurance, financial aid
January 2021
- Governor's budget proposal
February 2021
- Approved scenario for campus planning – CFO & President
- SF State Campus Budget Planning memo – President & CFO
- SF State Campus units develop Budget plans – Campus Planners
January – July 2021
- CSU negotiates with State
March 2021
- Governor/Legislature negotiations
April 2021
- SF State begins budget meetings with Cabinets VP’s, CFO and President
May 2021
- Governor's Budget Revision
May – June 2021
- Governor signs final State Budget
- SF State final revised scenario — Final B-memo – Budget Administration & Operations
- SF State Working Budget approved and finalized – President and CFO
July 2021
- CSU provides campus allocations
- SF State Final Budget load in CFS – Budget Administration & Operations
August 2021
- SF State uploads FIRMS Budget Submission to Chancellor's Office – Budget Administration & Operations
November 2020
- Legislative Analyst's Office — California’s Fiscal Outlook (link is external) (posted 11/18/2020)
- CSU's Operating Budget Request
January 2021
- Governor's Proposed Budget (link is external) (released on 01/08/2021)
- Legislative Analyst's Overview of the Governor's Budget (link is external) (posted 01/10/2021)
February 2021
- Governor and Legislative Leaders Agree to Restore Reductions for California State University (link is external) (published 02/17/2021)
- An act to amend the Budget Act of 2020 - California Assembly Bill No. 85 (link is external) (esp. SEC. 15. For support of California State University) (published: 02/23/2021)
March 2021
- CSU Coded Memo B 2021-01 regarding FY 2021-22 Preliminary Budget Allocations in PDF format (link is external) (dated 03/25/2021)
- Attachments A-E in PDF format (link is external) (dated 03/25/2021)
May 2021
- Governor's May Revision (link is external)
- Summary (link is external)
- Detail (link is external) (revised on 05/14/2021)
- A letter from the CSU System Chancellor regarding May Revision 2021 in PDF format (dated 05/14/2021)
June 2021
- California's 2021-22 State Budget (link is external) (enacted 06/28/2021, posted 07/28/2021)
- Summary (link is external) (posted 07/28/2021)
- Detail (link is external) (posted 07/28/2021)
- Budget Addendum in PDF format (link is external)
- A message from University CFO regarding FY 2021-22 Budget Update in PDF format (dated 06/30/2021)
July 2021
| DEADLINE | ACTION ITEM |
|---|---|
| Friday, May 27th, 2022 |
Last day to submit Budget Transfer Requests (BTR) Last day to submit Labor Cost Distribution (LCD) Adjustments |
| Friday, June 17th, 2022 |
Last day to submit preliminary annual CFW & Campus Reserve Plan Please review all project IDs and close those projects that are ended or no longer needed. Reprioritize the funding for new initiative. |
| Friday, July 15th, 2022 |
Last day to submit final annual CFW & Campus Reserve Plan Assign new project IDs for CFW roll over from NG001, NG025 and NR101 |
| Friday, July 29th, 2022 | Upload the CFW in CFS |
Annual Budget Reports
Each year, as part of our mission to create and disseminate planning information, Budget Administration and Operations compiles the budget plan for the Operating and Capital Budgets. Visit our online archive of annual Budget Reports.