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Jerry Brown’s Second Budget Forum to be at UCLA This ComingTuesday

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Jerry Brown budget forum in Los Angeles set for Tuesday Capitol Alert, 12/9/10, David Siders Gov.-elect Jerry Brown released details this afternoon of his budget forum in Los Angeles next Tuesday. The meeting with education leaders follows a summit with lawmakers and local officials in Sacramento yesterday. Brown’s office described the event in an advisory as a meeting to “discuss the state’s fiscal challenges in K-12 and higher education.” It will be at UCLA. Like yesterday’s forum in Sacramento, the event is invitation-only. Brown’s transition office plans to stream the meeting online. “It’s really a continuation of the discussion that…

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Zev Says No Pain/No Gain on I-405 Wilshire Construction

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For those who bemoan the traffic problem created by the reconstruction of the Sunset Blvd. bridge over the 405, here is some news from LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky about what is going to happen to Wilshire: Given the dismal state of Westside traffic, it’s been a long time since anybody was able to fly through the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and the 405. But someday people will be able to fly over it. Two new flyover ramps are part of an ambitious new phase of the 405 Sepulveda Pass improvements project that’s currently projected to begin as early as…

UCLA History: UCLA Professor Kleinrock and the Internet

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The caption that accompanied this photo in UCLA Today, Oct. 22, 2009 read “Leonard Kleinrock, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, stands beside the Interface Message Processor that made the first Internet message possible.” For those of us who are more computer-challenged, there is some comfort in the apparent ability of Microsoft to change the word of God. See:http://jan.ocregister.com/2010/12/09/microsoft-to-fix-pdf-anomaly-for-bible/50696/

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Presentation Available on Replacement of the UCLA Faculty Club

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Earlier posts discussed the plan to replace the current UCLA Faculty Center building with a larger convention/hotel type facility. A meeting with Sam Morabito was held in the Faculty Center on Oct. 20 – which yours truly could not attend – but it was videoed and put on the Faculty Center website. Since the existence of the Faculty Club is in peril (although it is eventually supposed to be incorporated into the new building), I have captured the video from the live-stream it preserved it in four parts. That way, the video will be preserved – and whatever promises are…

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Powers-That-Be at UCLA Still Positive About Anderson Self-Sufficiency Plan

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The letter below from EVC Scott Waugh suggests that he and Chancellor Block (cc’d on the letter) remain positive about the Anderson School’s financial self-sufficiency plan, despite the negative Academic Senate reaction. As earlier posts have noted, some critics are concerned about setting a precedent for privatization – although the actual plan falls short of privatization. Others saw budgetary risk to UCLA. See the bold text in the letter (boldface added by yours truly) for the supportive comments by Waugh. On the other hand, additional review is indicated in the letter and how long that process might take is not…