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Merced Developers Learn to Be Careful What You Wish For
Byadmin November 13, 2011

For years, UC promised – but didn’t actually – to build a Central Valley campus. In many respects, the promise without the delivery was the best of worlds for UC when it came to the legislature. Real estate developers throughout the Central Valley, and their legislative representatives, had dreams of a new campus sparking a development boom. After all, it worked when UCLA moved to Westwood. Decades later, it worked for Irvine. Why not in my area (or legislative district)?, they thought. UC could study various locations but be noncommittal about the final decision. That way, multiple hopeful legislative members…

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A modest request for a little more (information on the hotel/conference center)
Byadmin November 12, 2011

As a prior post on this blog noted, apparently the powers-that-be have a business plan for the new version of the hotel/conference center but – according to a letter in the Daily Bruin from the chancellor – they are reluctant to release it until some future Regents meeting. See http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2011/11/chancellor-says-we-need-patience.html Perhaps the request below will encourage adjusting the timing: As a prior post on this blog noted, apparently the powers-that-be have a business plan for the hotel/conference center but – according to a letter in the Daily Bruin from the chancellor – they are reluctant to release it. Perhaps the…

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UCLA History: Royce
Byadmin November 11, 2011

As the excerpt below notes, yesterday was Josiah Royce’s 156th birthday – the Royce after whom Royce Hall is named. November 10 is the 156th anniversary of the birth of Josiah Royce, world famous philosopher and Grass Valley native. He was the “leading American proponent of absolute idealism, the metaphysical view that all aspects of reality, including those we experience as disconnected or contradictory, are ultimately unified in the thought of a single all-encompassing consciousness,” according to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Royce’s parents crossed the Sierras in a covered wagon in 1849. His father established a general store. His…

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UCLA (Recent) History: Nov. 9 Demonstration
Byadmin November 11, 2011

Prof. Tobias Higbie took a sequence of 65 photos – one of which is above – of the “ReFund California” demonstration on Nov. 9 that began in the center of the UCLA campus and ended at Westwood and Wilshire Boulevards. The full sequence is available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/higbie/6330346965/in/set-72157627969793047 (Some photos may load slowly depending on your connection speed.)

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Controller Warns of Budget Trigger
Byadmin November 10, 2011

State Controller John Chiang today released his cash statement for the first 4 months of fiscal year 2011-12. Tax revenue is falling short of projections by about $1.5 billion. He warned that weak revenue inflows are raising the likelihood that the budget trigger will fire, further cutting UC’s budget. See http://sco.ca.gov/Files-ARD/CASH/fy1112_oct.pdf and http://sco.ca.gov/Files-EO/11-11summary.pdf

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Back to the Future at UC-Berkeley and UCLA?
Byadmin November 10, 2011

From the Daily Californian: On Monday, the UC Berkeley administration sent an email to students stating that setting up any encampments on campus property would not be tolerated. But when Occupy Cal protesters voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to pitch tents on the lawns outside of Sproul Hall despite the warning, clashes with police ensued — the exact result campus officials had said they hoped to avoid… Full article at http://www.dailycal.org/2011/11/10/occupy-cal-moves-ahead-despite-uc-berkeley-administrations-warnings/ From the Daily Bruin: Eleven people were arrested and protesters shut down Wilshire Boulevard for two and a half hours Wednesday afternoon in the loudest pushback against tuition hikes and state…

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CSU Offers Negotiating 101: Maybe UC Should Enroll
Byadmin November 10, 2011

President Yudof gave assurance in advance of the event that if the legislative “trigger” is pulled – and cuts are therefore made in the UC budget – there won’t be a midyear tuition increase. Some might see this assurance as an invitation to be shot. President Yudof is apparently going to offer the Regents a budget plan for next year with the assurance that if the state grants it as proposed, there will be no tuition increase next year. He does not say what will happen to tuition if the budget plan (and the increase contained in it relative to…

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Chancellor Says We Need Patience & Prudence on the Hotel Business Plan: No Plan Available for Now
Byadmin November 10, 2011

Chancellor Block says the hotel/conference center business plan – which is the only way to determine the viability of the plan and whether it will end up costing the campus money – can’t be made available now for reasons of prudence. See the letter below. So I guess we are expected to be patient until it is prudent. Letter to the Editor, Daily Bruin, 11/9/11 The proposal to build a $152 million conference and guest center on campus is not one UCLA made in haste. In fact, it is supported by $50 million from alumni Meyer Luskin, a highly successful…

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So Glad the UC Budget Will Be in Good Hands
Byadmin November 9, 2011

California legislators head to Maui for retreat funded by special interests The LA Times headline says it all. But you can read it at http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/la-me-legislature-maui-20111109,0,4657777.story As our earlier post noted, President Yudof will be submitting his budget for 2012-13 to the Regents next week. In an article in the Daily Bruin, UC VP Patrick Lenz notes that the last time the legislature enacted the UC budget as requested was in 2000-01 (peak of the dot-com boom and the revenue therefrom). See http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2011/11/uc_president_mark_yudof_proposes_budget_plan_to_increase_university_funding_from_the_state_although_

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Updated Audio Post of Sept. 13, 2011 Regents meeting
Byadmin November 9, 2011

As noted in our earlier post of the Sept. 13, 2011 Regents meeting, the audio received from the Regents appeared to be incomplete. Below is the complete audio. Regents Committee Meeting: Sept. 13, 2011 1:00 pm Committee on Compliance and Audit (Regents only session) 1:15 pm Committee on Compliance and Audit (open session – includes public comment) 2:30 pm Committee on Grounds and Buildings (open session – includes public comment) Note: The audio begins after about 40 seconds.

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Merced Developers Learn to Be Careful What You Wish For

A modest request for a little more (information on the hotel/conference center)

UCLA History: Royce

UCLA (Recent) History: Nov. 9 Demonstration

Controller Warns of Budget Trigger

Back to the Future at UC-Berkeley and UCLA?

CSU Offers Negotiating 101: Maybe UC Should Enroll

Chancellor Says We Need Patience & Prudence on the Hotel Business Plan: No Plan Available for Now

So Glad the UC Budget Will Be in Good Hands

Updated Audio Post of Sept. 13, 2011 Regents meeting

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