There's only so much juice in a lemon - Part 3

We noted in a prior post that in a distressed budget situation, there's only so much to go around. The more you give to X, the less there is for Y. And UC is definitely part of Y. From Politico:

Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s largest teachers union have reached a deal that would provide California schools billions more in future funding and resolve a bristling public feud over the state budget. The agreement, first reported here, comes less than a week after the California Teachers Association released an ad needling Newsom over his education spending proposal — part of an intense campaign to publicly and privately pressure the administration and Legislature not to cut school spending.

The Democratic governor’s previous plan would have lowered the amount of money guaranteed to schools by nearly $12 billion over two years to help close a massive state budget deficit. The new deal promises a more generous calculation of the guarantee, known as Proposition 98, in which the state would pay schools an added $5.5 billion in the future that would be difficult to afford now...

Full story at https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/28/gavin-newsom-teachers-union-budget-deal-00160080.

So, if the Prop 98 world (K-14) gets more from the deal above, there will be less for UC, particularly in this case during the later years where the tattered "compact" with the governor is supposed to be rejuvenated.

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*https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2024/05/theres-only-so-much-juice-in-lemon-part.html.