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Under the May revision to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s state budget, the UC system is being provided with an ongoing $240 million from the state’s general fund as well as a $153 million one-time general fund investment — with the expectation that UC Board of Regents will not increase tuition for the 2019-20 academic year.
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California SB 188, which aims to protect traits such as hairstyle and texture from discrimination in the workplace and schools, passed the Senate floor April 22.
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A proposed California State Senate bill may extend the availability of Cal Grant funds to incarcerated students.
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There is a $20-billion excess surcharge in California’s gasoline prices, according to Severin Borenstein, a UC Berkeley professor of business administration and public policy and a faculty director of the Energy Institute at the Haas School of Business.
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Steven Weissman, a lecturer at the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy, sent a memorandum to Gov. Gavin Newsom on April 10, explaining the impact of California wildfires on the prices of gas and electric utilities.
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California state SB 24 — the “College Student Right to Access Act”— was approved by the Senate Health Committee on Wednesday in a seven-to-three vote.
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California AB 302, which aims to reduce the burdens of homelessness among California community college students, was heard in the state Assembly Committee on Higher Education on Tuesday.
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The California Senate Public Safety Committee passed SB 22 — also known as the “Sexual Assault Victims’ DNA Bill of Rights” — on Tuesday, according to a press release by District Attorney Nancy O’Malley, who co-sponsored the legislation.
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California is officially drought-free for the first time since December 2011, according to the United States Drought Monitor map released March 19.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday suspending California’s death penalty, and placing the 737 current death row inmates — among them 42 people from Alameda County — on reprieve.
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