…the
governing board of the 10-campus system formally endorsed the governor's tax
measure. "It's a simple question: Will UC be better off if it passes than
if it doesn't? That's not just an answer of 'yes,' that's an answer of 'hell
yes,' " said Regent Bonnie Reiss, who urged the endorsement.
After
the regents' actions, Brown made a brief surprise appearance at the meeting at
a UC San Francisco facility to thank them and urge students, faculty and
staffers to vote for Proposition 30. "This is a matter of all hands on
deck. Let's pull together for the university and for our country," said
Brown, who holds a regent seat by virtue of his position but who has not
attended a meeting, UC officials said, since he began his current term in
January 2011.
Only
one regent, Russell Gould, voted against the endorsement a few hours earlier,
saying that the Brown measure would raise sales taxes for four years and some
high-end income taxes for seven years while guaranteeing UC extra funds for
only one year. "There is a major risk to the university," Gould said…
Full story at
The
audio link (which does not contain the governor’s visit and starts during Yudof’s
remarks) is at
[Brown
showed up late in the day and would have been on the afternoon session but the
live stream went off by that time. The
afternoon audio link is at
President
Yudof was clearly praying for the Regents to back the governor’s tax initiative:
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