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Aug 7th, 2018
(OAKLAND, CA) – Yesterday, California Governor Jerry Brown appointed 4 new members to the University of California’s (UC) Board of Regents. Among Brown’s new appointments is...
Sep 15th, 2016
The University of California is swimming in $17.2 billion of debt after leveraging many of its assets to fund pensions, make necessary repairs to its buildings and infrastructure,...
Mar 28th, 2016
Gov. Jerry Brown joined fellow Democrats and labor leaders Monday in touting California's proposal to gradually lift the minimum wage to $15 an hour as an answer to the growing...
Feb 18th, 2016
Despite decades of declining state funding and rising enrollments, the University of California has continued to deliver the highest quality of education for Californians. It was...
Feb 15th, 2016
The University of California Assembly of the Academic Senate unanimously passed a resolution during Wednesday’s meeting condemning a proposal that would reduce retirement...
Nov 19th, 2015
It’s unclear in the short term where the University of California is magically going to put 5,000 more in-state undergraduates and 2,000 more graduate...
Nov 2nd, 2015
This year's very public showdown between Gov. Jerry Brown and University of California President Janet Napolitano over raising UC's tuition ended in a compromise that in no way...
Oct 20th, 2015
Governor Jerry Brown vetoed legislation on Oct. 9 that would have guaranteed UC full-time contract employees the same minimum wage that UC employees earn. Currently, full-time...
Oct 14th, 2015
Gov. Jerry Brown preserved the tradition of 12-hour hospital shifts for health-care workers with the stoke of his...
