As an independent student newspaper and the paper of record for the city of Berkeley, the Daily Cal has been communicating important updates during this pandemic. Your support is essential to maintaining this coverage.
Gov. Jerry Brown slashed the University of California’s budget by $100 million Tuesday, bringing the total budget reductions for the system to $750 million for the current fiscal year. Since state revenues fell more than $2.2 billion short of projections, Brown was forced to initiate “trigger cuts” to education and
Read More…
The allocation of Cal Grants could become the responsibility of individual college campuses through new legislation recommended by the nonpartisan state Legislative Analyst’s Office, the office announced in a report released Monday. The recommendation, which aims to “streamline” financial aid, would shift the duty of distributing the grants to the
Read More…
Gov. Jerry Brown plans to bypass the state legislature by filing an initiative with the state Attorney General’s office that would generate nearly $7 billion in dedicated funding for public safety and education. In an open letter to the people of California Monday, Brown announced a proposal that would require
Read More…
UC President Mark Yudof appointed 12 students, faculty, staff and alumni Monday to a task force charged with investigating the controversial pepper-spraying incident that occurred at UC Davis Nov. 18. Most members of the task force have an affiliation with UC Davis and were nominated by campus organizations, the UC
Read More…
UC faculty members sent a message to UC President Mark Yudof Nov. 27 in opposition to the security group hired for the purpose of investigating the pepper spraying of students at UC Davis. The Council of University of California Faculty Associations — a group that represents UC faculty members outside
Read More…
A new report released by California’s bipartisan financial analyst predicts that the state DREAM Act will cost about $25 million more than previously estimated and could decrease the funding available for resident students currently seeking aid. The state Legislative Analyst’s Office report released Wednesday states that resident students seeking state
Read More…
As police faced off with protesters at the UC Board of Regents’ meeting Monday, the board approved over a quarter million dollars in raises and stipends to 10 campus administrators and lawyers. The raises — finalized at a chaotic meeting during which protesters forced proceedings to a halt — were
Read More…
SAN FRANCISCO — The UC Board of Regents’ meeting — held via teleconference at four campuses — came to a halt Monday morning when demonstrators overwhelmed board members by holding their own meetings in solidarity with the Occupy movement. Just as board members were beginning the open session of their
Read More…
Spurred by graphic images from recent police uses of force at UC campuses, Gov. Jerry Brown has requested that state police officers review their policies for using force and make changes to their guidelines accordingly. In a Monday letter to the state Commission on Police Officer Standards and Training, Brown wrote
Read More…
The UC Board of Regents’ meeting came to a halt at approximately 11:40 a.m. at UC San Francisco-Mission Bay when demonstrators overwhelmed communication during an extended public comments session. Protesters, in solidarity with the Occupy movement, began to hold a meeting of their own once the regents left and introduced
Read More…
