In response to the posting yesterday about South Africa
divestment in 1986, Michael Meranze sent me his recollections of the period
including the significance of the upcoming gubernatorial race. In 1986, there was a rematch of LA Mayor Tom
Bradley vs. incumbent George Deukmejian. In the
earlier 1982 contest, Bradley lost narrowly.
He lost more handily in 1986 because Deukmejian was able to run on
having dealt successfully with the budget crisis he inherited from Jerry
Brown. (As it turned out later, Deukmejian left a similar budget crisis to his successor, Pete Wilson, after the 1990 election.) The South Africa divestment
became a non-issue as a result of the 1986 action.
The regents had good reason to want to get along with
Deukmejian as he was sympathetic to UC and pushed up faculty pay. See:
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