ASUC approves campaign expenditure cap

At the ASUC’s last senate meeting of the semester, senators unanimously approved legislation that improves election transparency and limits party expenditures. SB 196 establishes a $2,625 party-expenditure cap on ASUC elections. Read More…

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Two bad resolutions

This morning, a reader emailed me regarding the UC Student Association’s vote repudiating HR 35, a California Assembly resolution aimed at addressing anti-Semitism on state public university campuses. Referring to recent Daily Cal op-eds on the issue, the reader asked for my opinion, “in particular on the attempt by some Read More…

The ASUC convenes on August 29. The most recent meeting featured partisan conflict over the allocation of funds to student groups on campus.

ASUC meeting devolves into partisan conflict

Wednesday’s ASUC Senate meeting dissolved into a discussion of party divisions and deficient communication after debate on a standard finance bill sparked controversy among senators. SB 19 planned to allot funds from the Contingency Fund — a procedure the ASUC Senate routinely goes through — to the campus group Volunteers Read More…