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.)
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
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…
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…
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…
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_
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.
President Yudof’s UC budget proposal for 2012-13, scheduled for discussion at the Regents on Nov. 17, is now posted. The key links are http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/regents/regmeet/nov11/f12.pdf and http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/regents/regmeet/nov11/f11attach.pdf The proposal includes a request for increased “core” funding by 8%. Notably included is a contribution to the UC pension – which the state has not been doing since contributions resumed. There appears to be an arbitrary request for one fourth of the employer contribution ($87.6 million). See the last page of the second link. Why just one fourth is requested is not clear. Since this seems to be public pension year, given the…
The report for the scoping review on the newly revised hotel/conference center is now available. Earlier posts on this blog have noted the absence of the report in view of the upcoming session about it to be held Monday, Nov. 14, 7-9 PM, at the Faculty Center. But the report is now online. You can find the report at http://www.capital.ucla.edu/PDF/111108CC2InitialStudy.pdf To attend the Nov. 14 meeting, RSVP by Nov. 9 to mrule@support.ucla.edu Here is an alternative link to the report: Open publication – Free publishing – More ucla Update: Here is the legal announcement in the LA Times: Open publication…
Self-parking at an unemployment conference? Shouldn’t a valet be hired? Just asking.
