Understatement of the Week

See the prior post on the simple-majority budget and the further cuts it includes for UC.

The Democratic plan …calls for $150 million reductions each to the University of California and California State University systems. UC Office of the President spokesman Steve Montiel responded as follows:

"We are assessing the latest proposal from the state Senate, and it's too soon to say with certainty what the impact would be. But there's no question that additional cuts would not be good news for UC and the Californians it serves. The university already has taken steps to absorb a $500 million cut, and we have been preparing contingencies in the event of an all-cuts budget. Any further cuts would threaten our ability to provide access, affordability and academic excellence."

Full article at: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/06/state-supreme-court-chief-uc-r.html

And if you would like more bad news, try this:

Californians will have to wait a while longer for that long-delayed economic recovery to fully blossom. Economists at UCLA say the recent soft patch in the national recovery is beginning to be felt here...

Full article at: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/15/3701170/ucla-forecaster-pushes-back-california.html