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Abortion Pill Veto Restricts Access to Safe Medical Services for Students

On September 30th, Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a measure that would require all public university student centers to provide abortion medication no later than January 1, 2022.

Prop 57: Letting Californian Sex-Offenders On The Loose

Initially, Proposition 57 seemed to be a feasible solution to California’s prison overcrowding. It promised that nonviolent offenders would be offered parole if they...

UC Regents Push Back Vote to Increase Tuition

The University of California Board of Regents convened at their bi-monthly meeting at UCSF Jan. 24 and 25 to discuss various system-wide issues including...

Governor Brown’s State Budget Allows for Increased College Funding

California governor Jerry Brown, released his yearly budget for the state on Jan. 10, revealing a 3 percent increase in funding for the University...

Jerry Brown is Wrong to Veto the Education Sex Equity Bill

Back in October, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill, S.B. 169, the aim of which was to codify federal regulations regarding the handling...

California Education Cuts Carelessly Target the Middle Class

Governor Jerry Brown has announced that California’s budget deficit is back for the first time since 2012, and by summer 2018 the debt is...

Gov. Brown Passes Restrictive Tobacco Laws, UC Offers Anti-Smoking Fellowships

By Nicole Wong The University of California announced plans early this month to initiate a program that will provide four $12,000 UC Smoke and Tobacco-Free...

Brown Vetoes Equal Pay Bill for UC Contract Workers

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....

UC law schools exempt from tuition increases

When Gov. Jerry Brown and the UC regents announced their funding agreement at the recent regents meeting, the next two years’ tuition freezes for...

UCI Professor Jay Famiglietti Calls For “Thoughtful Leaders” During CA’s Emergency Drought

California is entering its fourth year of a record-breaking drought, with last year as the driest year recorded in the past 100 years. Gov....

$50 Million in Innovation Awards Given to CA Universities and Colleges

By: Mohsin Khan Two weeks ago, the California Department of Finance distributed the Awards for Innovation in Higher Education to multiple university and college campuses...

Senate Bill Seeks To Buy Out Tuition Increase

On the heels of the recent decision by the UC Regents to increase tuition, state Senate Democrats introduced a bill last Tuesday that lays...

Governor Brown Signs Affirmative Consent Bill

On Sept. 28, Governor Jerry Brown expanded sexual assault policy in California institutions of higher education by approving legislation mandating that California colleges and...

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