Report 2018-127 Recommendation Responses
Report 2018-127: California State University: It Failed to Fully Disclose Its $1.5 Billion Surplus, and It Has Not Adequately Invested in Alternatives to Costly Parking Facilities (Release Date: June 2019)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
To ensure that students have equitable access to campus and that campuses provide the most cost-effective mix of parking and alternate transportation options, the Legislature should require the Chancellor's Office to include the following information related to transportation, by campus, in its comprehensive five-year capital improvement plan:
- The number of parking facilities each campus intends to construct over the next five years and the alternate transportation strategies that the campus considered and implemented in determining the need for those parking facilities.
- The total annual cost for each alternate transportation strategy the campuses considered and implemented compared to the annual cost of constructing, operating, and maintaining a new parking facility.
- The cost per student served by those alternate transportation strategies compared to the cost per student of constructing, operating, and maintaining a new parking facility.
- The number of students served by each of those alternate transportation strategies compared to the number of students to be served by a new facility.
- Information on whether and to what extent alternate transportation strategies have decreased parking demand in the last three years and whether the campus has demonstrated that the parking demand justifies a new parking facility.
- A cost-benefit analysis showing the appropriate mix of transportation strategies to ensure that the campus provides students with the most cost-effective access.
Description of Legislative Action
As of September 1, 2022, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: September 2022
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken
As of September 1, 2022, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
Description of Legislative Action
As of June 20, 2021, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
AB 1836 (Quirk-Silva, 2020) would have required the CSU Board of Trustees to include in the CSU Five-Year Capital Plan specified information relating to the costs and usage of its parking facilities and of alternative transportation strategies considered by campuses in determining the need for those parking facilities. This bill died in the Assembly Higher Education Committee.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: June 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
AB 1836 would require the CSU Board of Trustees to include in the CSU Five-Year Capital Plan specified information relating to the costs and usage of its parking facilities and of alternative transportation strategies considered by campuses in determining the need for those parking facilities. As of June 20, 2020, this bill is pending in the Assembly Higher Education Committee.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: June 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Legislation Introduced
Description of Legislative Action
As of December 2019, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: December 2019
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
The Legislature has not taken any action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: August 2019