The CSU proposes using $135 million of the request to
fund academic facilities and infrastructure projects.
Campus need for facility renovation and improvement
continues to grow. Academic facility and infrastructure
improvement programs address important facility
needs. Seismic projects include those to retrofit and
improve buildings identified by the seismic review
board as needing seismic strengthening. Energy
efficiency projects aim to lower our utility consumption
and respond to statewide capacity issues, and
resiliency projects such as microgrid readiness and
battery storage projects help campuses respond to
public safety power shutoffs, fires and other natural
disasters. Other projects address general deficiencies
in building systems and building structure. Many of
the infrastructure improvement projects address
critical infrastructure needs, system upgrades, facility
improvements, as well as maintenance needs that are
well past due. While the CSU continues to make strides
in addressing its systemwide needs, current funding
levels prohibit the CSU from undertaking projects to
adequately address the needs in the built environment.
In support of the request for additional, permanent
base funding, the CSU multi-year capital plan identifies
the priority needs of each of the 23 campuses and
their off-campus centers. The plan primarily identifies
renewal/replacement needs of existing buildings
with some new facilities to accommodate growth
and improve student access. The Board of Trustees
regularly approves categories and criteria for capital
outlay priority setting. The priorities are consistent
with the state's priorities of critical infrastructure,
energy efficiency, life safety projects and renovation/
modernization of existing facilities and new facilities
to increase capacity to serve the existing and
projected enrollment. The multi-year plan identifies
a systemwide need in 2022-23 alone that exceeds
$2 billion to address academic infrastructure and
facility needs. The $135 million in the 2022-23 budget
request will help finance approximately $2 billion of the
priority projects identified by the campuses. For more
information on specific projects and priorities, see the
CSU multi-year capital plan.