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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

In first budget proposal, Gov. Gavin Newsom shows his commitment to students

STATE ISSUES: Gov. Gavin Newsom set himself apart from his predecessor with his $1.4 billion increase to higher education in his first budget proposal. We just hope this trend continues.

Last week, newly-elected Gov. Gavin Newsom released his budget proposal for the next fiscal year — one that includes greater investments in California’s future with a clear commitment to equality. After former governor Jerry Brown’s disappointing last term, it’s refreshing to see that Newsom is already keeping his promises to his constituents.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Gov. Jerry Brown’s May budget proposal revision shows slight increase in higher education funding boost

Gov. Jerry Brown released his May revision to the 2018-19 state budget Friday, slightly upping the January proposed 3.2 percent boost to a 3.8 percent increase in higher education funding and adding a one-time $100 million funding for deferred maintenance.
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017

UC executives resign after interfering with state audit survey

Two top UC executives who interfered with a confidential state auditor’s survey, resulting in skewed responses in favor of UC Office of the President, resigned last week.
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Monday, September 11, 2017

UC announces support of California suing Trump administration over DACA

The University of California released a statement Monday in support of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s lawsuit against the Trump administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.
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Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Trump administration reevaluates affirmative action

According to documents obtained last week by the New York Times, President Trump is poised to redirect Department of Justice resources into investigating universities for discriminatory enrollment practices guided by affirmative action.
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Crime & Courts

Sunday, July 30, 2017

Kiara Robles drops $23M suit over violence at Yiannopoulos protest

Oakland resident Kiara Robles dropped her $23 million lawsuit against campus and UC officials, among others, over violence that occurred at a planned Milo Yiannopoulos event on campus in February.
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Thursday, July 13, 2017

UC Board of Regents passes budget, debates new HR program

The UC Board of Regents met Thursday at UCSF Mission Bay, discussing a substantial program that aims to reduce administrative costs and unanimously passing the controversial 2017-18 budget.
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Campus, Carol Christ 2017

Sunday, July 2, 2017

Title IX moving forward under Chancellor Christ

In recent years, the campus has garnered attention for several high-profile sexual harassment cases — including alleged violations of UC sexual misconduct policy by former campus astronomy professor Geoffrey Marcy and former UC Berkeley School of Law dean Sujit Choudhry.
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State

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Mayor, campus chancellor, UC president join pledge to support Paris Agreement

Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín, outgoing campus Chancellor Nicholas Dirks, and UC President Janet Napolitano are three of more than 1,200 U.S. state, local, higher education and business leaders that have pledged to support climate action to meet the Paris Agreement.
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