University of California Budget News

June 26, 2009

President Yudof: Furloughs, pay cuts

• Category: From the President

July 4, 2009

How to solve California’s budget crisis

The new California Journal of Politics and Policy says it takes courage to compromise. An all-star list of public policy experts advises this unique journal dedicated to commentary on state and local government. This special edition offers food for thought on how California could reform its budget process.

• Category: FYI

July 1, 2009

State budget problem gets worse

Failure of budget-related bills in the Senate could push the state’s deficit to more than $27 billion, according to a San Francisco Chronicle story. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency and given state employees a third furlough day beginning in July.

• Category: In the media

June 30, 2009

Update on furlough proposals

• Category: From the President

June 30, 2009

Lo más reciente sobre la propuesta de días libres sin pago

• Category: From the President

June 26, 2009

Education investment can spur state’s economic recovery

At the same time California is facing a $24 billion budget gap, a “skills gap” is looming. By 2025, according to a study from the Public Policy Institute of California, 41 percent of the jobs in California will require at least a bachelor’s degree, but only 35 percent of Californians will have one. California will face a shortage of 1 million college graduates, according to the “Educating California: Choices for the Future” study. Cuts in education spending are against the state’s long-term interests, the report concluded.

• Category: FYI

June 22, 2009

Cal Grant program vital

The California Progress Report published an op-ed by former state Sen. Deborah Ortiz about how the Cal Grant program is vital to the education of underprivileged students.

• Category: In the media, Op-eds

June 20, 2009

Furlough, pay cut proposal gets coverage

The Santa Cruz Sentinel published an article detailing UC President Mark Yudof’s proposal to cut faculty and staff salaries by up to 8 percent through furloughs and/or salary reductions.

• Category: In the media

June 19, 2009

Response to article on UC faculty letter

The San Francisco Chronicle published a page one article today about a letter from the UC Faculty Association that criticized the UC Regents’ response to the state budget crisis.

But Academic Senate Chair Mary Croughan said the Regents have worked diligently on the budget crisis for months. “The budget is discussed in every regents meeting, and I don’t believe we need to have an emergency meeting on this,” Croughan said. Croughan added that UC President Mark Yudof has sent out many letters to faculty, staff and students about how the university is addressing the crisis. This week, Yudof sent a letter six pages long on options for furloughs and pay cuts.

• Category: In the media

June 18, 2009

Budget update — by the numbers

Conference committee actions

The two-house budget conference committee has adopted a number of actions on the governor’s state budget proposals for 2008-09 and 2009-10. The Democratic-controlled conference committee made these changes to the governor’s proposals affecting the University of California:

• Cal Grants: Restored most of the Cal Grant cuts proposed by the governor.
• Additional reduction: Approved an additional $17.8 million budget reduction for UC, aligning the UC cut with the cut allocated to CSU.
• Academic preparation: Preserved a $31.3 million cut for UC but designated it as a cut to the general UC budget rather than targeted to academic preparation programs. Also included language stating that cuts to academic preparation programs, if enacted by UC, should not be disproportionate to other budget cuts at UC.

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• Category: From the President, Latest numbers